purusii, Piabuca Steindachner [F.] 1908:63 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 45 (no. 6) (for 13 Feb. 1908); ref. 13415] Rio Purus, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 56584. •Valid as Iguanodectes purusii (Steindachner 1908) -- (Géry 1993:98 [ref. 20969] as purusi, Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302] as purusi, Moreira in Reis et al. 2003:172 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:48, 184 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35633], Lucinda & Guedes 2018:232 [ref. 36202], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Moreira 2024:376 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Iguanodectes purusii (Steindachner 1908). Iguanodectidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.