Chrysochampsa

Chrysochampsa
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Alligatorinae
Genus: Chrysochampsa
Estes, 1988
Species
  • Chrysochampsa mlynarskii Estes, 1988 (type)

Chrysochampsa is an extinct monospecific genus of alligatorine. Fossils have been found from the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota and date back to the Wasatchian regional North American faunal stage of the early Eocene. The genus has been proposed to be synonymous with Allognathosuchus at times, but it is now generally accepted that Chrysochampsa is distinct from all other alligatoroids and is its own taxon.



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