Full reference: B. R. Erickson. 1981. Champsosaurus tenuis (Reptilia: Eosuchia). A new species from the Late Paleocene of North America. Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota New Series 5(1):1-14
Belongs to Champsosaurus according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1998
See also Katsura 2004
Sister taxa: Champsosaurus albertensis, Champsosaurus ambulator, 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 vaccinsulensis
Type specimen: SMM P79.14.1, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull). Its type locality is Upper breaks of the Little Missouri River, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Upper breaks of the Little Missouri River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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