Parent taxon: Gavialoidea according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Case 1904, Cope 1871, Cope 1872, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1902, Myrick 2001 and Piras et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Crocodilus basifissus, Crocodilus basitruncatus, Crocodilus fastigiatus, Crocodilus marylandicus, Crocodilus obscurus, Crocodilus tenebrosus, Dolichochampsa, Dollosuchoides, Gavialidae, Gavialosuchus, Gunggamarandu, Harpacochampsa, Holopsisuchus cordatus, Holopsisuchus glyptodon, Holopsisuchus pneumaticus, Kentisuchus, Maroccosuchus, Ocepesuchus, Thecachampsa serratus, Thecachampsoides, Thoracosaurus grandis
Subtaxa: Thecachampsa antiquus Thecachampsa carolinensis Thecachampsa marylandica Thecachampsa minor Thecachampsa sericodon
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Portugal (5), United States (14: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (7: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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