Thecachampsa minor Marsh 1870 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of a new species of gavial from the Eocene of New Jersey. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 50(148):97-99

Belongs to Thecachampsa according to E. D. Cope 1872

Sister taxa: Thecachampsa antiquus, Thecachampsa carolinensis, Thecachampsa marylandica, Thecachampsa sericodon

Type specimen: YPM 282, a partial skull (fragmentary skull and vertebrae). Its type locality is Shark River, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Manasquan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thecachampsa minor in the database

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