Full reference: W. A. Parks. 1933. New species of Champsosaurus from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, Canada. Transactions of Royal Society of Canada 27:121-137
Belongs to Champsosaurus according to T. W. Dudgeon et al. 2023
See also Erickson 1972, Gao and Fox 1998, Parks 1933 and Russell 1956
Sister taxa: Champsosaurus albertensis, Champsosaurus ambulator, Champsosaurus annectens, Champsosaurus australis, Champsosaurus brevicollis, Champsosaurus gigas, Champsosaurus inelegans, Champsosaurus inflatus, Champsosaurus laramiensis, Champsosaurus lindoei, Champsosaurus norelli, Champsosaurus profundus, Champsosaurus puercensis, Champsosaurus saponensis, Champsosaurus tenuis, Champsosaurus vaccinsulensis
Type specimen: ROM 5737 ct., a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, most of the vertebral column and dorsal ribs, pelvis, and incomplete femora)
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (40: Alberta collections), United States (9: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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