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Champsosaurus norelli

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Champsosaurus norelli was named by Brownstein (2022). Its type specimen is YPM VPPU 16511, a partial skeleton (complete skull, mandibles, and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fritz Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Champsosaurus norelli Brownstein
2023Champsosaurus norelli Dudgeon et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Choristodera()
suborderNeochoristoderaEvans and Hecht 1993
genusChampsosaurus
speciesnorelli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Champsosaurus norelli Brownstein 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:39:08
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:39:08
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bryant 1989, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Champsosaurus norelli (type locality: 15029)