- fish,
similar to
living gharials.
Champsosaurus was the
first member of the
Choristodera to be described.
Champsosaurus was
named by
Edward Drinker Cope...
-
internal skull anatomy of
choristoderes is only
known for
Champsosaurus. The
braincase of
Champsosaurus is
poorly ossified at the
front of the
skull (anterior)...
-
polytomy in
recent studies.
Neochoristodera contains the
named genera Champsosaurus, Ikechosaurus, Kosmodraco, Liaoxisaurus, Mengshanosaurus, Simoedosaurus...
- contemporaneous,
Simoedosaurus is not
closely related to the
North American Champsosaurus,
instead it
appears to be most
closely related to
Tchoiria and Ikechosaurus...
-
mosasaur Plioplatecarpus, the
turtle Boremys and the
diapsid reptile Champsosaurus. A fair
number of
mammals lived in this region,
which included Turgidodon...
-
neosuchian crocodyliformes.
During the Late
Cretaceous the
neochoristodere Champsosaurus was
widely distributed across western North America. Due to the extreme...
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several small exhibits including a
display of
small fossils (including
Champsosaurus, Dromaeosaurus, Protostega,
among others.),
modern animals that can...
- from the
Latin magnum (large) and
cornum (horn).
Unlike the well
known Champsosaurus,
Kosmodraco had an
exceptionally brevirostrine skull with the blunt...
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Skeleton of
Champsosaurus, a choristodere, the
latest surviving order of
extinct reptiles. The last
known choristoderes are
known from the Miocene, around...
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Ichthyosaurus Ichthyotitan Mixosaurus Ophthalmosaurus Shastasaurus Shonisaurus Champsosaurus Simoedosaurus ?Pachystropheus (sometimes
considered a thalattosaur)...
