Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1998. New choristoderes (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Cretaceous and Palaeocene, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, a phylogenetic relationships of Choristodera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124:303-353
Belongs to Champsosaurus according to T. W. Dudgeon et al. 2023
See also Gao and Fox 1998
Sister taxa: Champsosaurus albertensis, Champsosaurus ambulator, Champsosaurus annectens, Champsosaurus australis, Champsosaurus brevicollis, Champsosaurus gigas, Champsosaurus inelegans, Champsosaurus inflatus, Champsosaurus laramiensis, Champsosaurus natator, Champsosaurus norelli, Champsosaurus profundus, Champsosaurus puercensis, Champsosaurus saponensis, Champsosaurus tenuis, Champsosaurus vaccinsulensis
Type specimen: UALVP 931, a skeleton (nearly complete skull with mandibles, most of the vertebral column, pectoral and pelvic girdles, and limbs). Its type locality is Dinosaur Provincial Park (Champsosaurus lindoei type locality), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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