Harpacochampsa Megirian et al. 1991 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

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, Gavialidae, Gavialosuchus, Gunggamarandu, Holopsisuchus cordatus, Holopsisuchus glyptodon, Holopsisuchus pneumaticus, Kentisuchus, Maroccosuchus, Ocepesuchus, Thecachampsa, Thecachampsa serratus, Thecachampsoides, Thoracosaurus grandis

Subtaxa: Harpacochampsa camfieldensis

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Type: Harpacochampsa camfieldensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 25 km southeast of Camfield Homestead (Miocene of Australia)

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