Harpacochampsa camfieldensis 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

Belongs to Harpacochampsa according to D. Megirian et al. 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NTM P87106-1, a partial skull. Its type locality is 25 km southeast of Camfield Homestead, which is in a Miocene fluvial-lacustrine conglomerate in the Camfield Beds Formation of Australia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 25 km southeast of Camfield Homestead

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