Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:340-359
Parent taxon: Neochoristodera according to R. Matsumoto et al. 2019
See also Baur 1887, Brown 1905, Carroll 1988, Cope 1876, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Erickson 1972, Erickson 1981, Estes 1964, Estes 1976, Estes and Berberian 1970, Evans 1990, Evans 1991, Gao and Fox 1998, Gao and Fox 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matsumoto et al. 2013, Matsumoto et al. 2007, Matsumoto and Evans 2010, Peng et al. 2001 and Russell 1956
Sister taxa: Champsosauridae, Ikechosaurus, Simoedosauridae, Tchoiria
Subtaxa: Champsosaurus albertensis Champsosaurus ambulator Champsosaurus annectens Champsosaurus australis Champsosaurus brevicollis Champsosaurus gigas Champsosaurus inelegans Champsosaurus inflatus Champsosaurus laramiensis Champsosaurus lindoei Champsosaurus natator Champsosaurus norelli Champsosaurus profundus Champsosaurus puercensis Champsosaurus saponensis Champsosaurus tenuis Champsosaurus vaccinsulensis
Type: Champsosaurus profundus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Cf2 of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Cf3 of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (2), United States (24: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (93: Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan), United States (96: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 223 collections including 229 occurrences
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