Albertochampsa
Albertochampsa Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Clade: | Globidonta |
Genus: | †Albertochampsa Erickson, 1972
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Type species | |
†Albertochampsa langstoni Erickson, 1972
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Albertochampsa is an
Bruce Erickson, and the type species is A. langstoni.[2] It is known from a skull from the Campanian-age Dinosaur Park Formation, where it was rare; Leidyosuchus is the most commonly found crocodilian at the Park. The skull of Albertochampsa was only about 21 cm long (8.3 in).[3]
References
- PMID 30135152.
- Erickson, Bruce R.(1972). "Albertochampsa langstoni, gen. et sp. nov. A new Alligator from the Cretaceous of Alberta". Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota. new series. 2 (1): 1–13.
- ISBN 0-253-34595-2.