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Notochampsa

Reptilia - Notochampsidae

Taxonomy

Notochampsa was named by Broom (1904).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Whetstone and Whybrow (1983).

It was assigned to Aetosauridae by Watson (1917); to Erpetosuchidae by Nopcsa (1928); to Protosuchia by Charig (1967); to Stegomosuchidae by Walker (1970); to Protosuchidae by Carroll (1988); and to Notochampsidae by Haughton (1924), Ellenberger (1970) and Dollman and Clark (2021).

Species

N. istedana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Notochampsa Broom
1917	Notochampsa Watson p. 180
1924	Notochampsa Haughton
1928	Nothochampsa Nopcsa p. 186
1967	Notochampsa Charig p. 710
1970	Notochampsa Ellenberger p. 349
1970	Notochampsa Walker p. 369
1988	Notochampsa Carroll
2021	Notochampsa Dollman and Clark

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
—	Suchia	Krebs 1974
—	Paracrocodylomorpha
—	Loricata	(Merrem 1820)
—	Crocodylomorpha	()
—	Solidocrania
suborder	Crocodyliformes
—	Protosuchia	(Mook 1934)
family	Notochampsidae
genus	Notochampsa

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.

G. †Notochampsa Broom 1904

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†Notochampsa istedana Broom 1904

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:38:45

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:38:45

Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.30000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.3 - 190.8	Zimbabwe (Matabeleland North)	N. sp. (99570)
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.3 - 190.8	South Africa (Free State)	N. sp. (98599)
Pliensbachian	190.8 - 182.7	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	N. istedana (36671)