Full reference: Z. B. d. Gasparini and E. Buffetaut. 1980. Dolichochampsa minima, n. g. n. sp., a representative of a new family of eusuchian crocodiles from the Late Cretaceous of northern Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1980(5):257-271
Parent taxon: Gavialoidea according to S. Jouve et al. 2021
See also Buffetaut 1987, Carroll 1988 and Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980
Sister taxa: Crocodilus basifissus, Crocodilus basitruncatus, Crocodilus fastigiatus, Crocodilus marylandicus, Crocodilus obscurus, Crocodilus tenebrosus, Dollosuchoides, Eosuchus, Gavialidae, Gavialosuchus, Gunggamarandu, Harpacochampsa, Holopsisuchus cordatus, Holopsisuchus glyptodon, Holopsisuchus pneumaticus, Kentisuchus, Maroccosuchus, Ocepesuchus, Thecachampsa, Thecachampsa serratus, Thecachampsoides, Thoracosaurinae, Thoracosaurus grandis
Subtaxa: Dolichochampsa minima
Type: Dolichochampsa minima
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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