Champsosaurus ambulator Brown 1905 (choristodere)

Reptilia - Choristodera

Full reference: B. Brown. 1905. The osteology of Champsosaurus Cope. American Museum of Natural History, Memoirs 9:1-264

Belongs to Champsosaurus according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1998

See also Brown 1905, Erickson 1972 and Hay 1930

Sister taxa: Champsosaurus albertensis, 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 specimen: AMNH 983. Its type locality is Hell Creek (AMNH general), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hell Creek (AMNH general)

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