Full reference: D. Megirian, P. F. Murray, and P. Willis. 1991. A new crocodile of the gavial ecomorph morphology from the Miocene of Northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8(1):135-158
Parent taxon: Gavialoidea according to J. Ristevski et al. 2022
See also Jouve et al. 2008, Megirian et al. 1991 and Ristevski et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Crocodilus basifissus, Crocodilus basitruncatus, Crocodilus fastigiatus, Crocodilus marylandicus, Crocodilus obscurus, Crocodilus tenebrosus, Dolichochampsa, Dollosuchoides, Eosuchus, Gavialidae, Gavialosuchus, Gunggamarandu, Holopsisuchus cordatus, Holopsisuchus glyptodon, Holopsisuchus pneumaticus, Kentisuchus, Maroccosuchus, Ocepesuchus, Thecachampsa, Thecachampsa serratus, Thecachampsoides, Thoracosaurinae, Thoracosaurus grandis
Subtaxa: Harpacochampsa camfieldensis
Type: Harpacochampsa camfieldensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at 25 km southeast of Camfield Homestead (Miocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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