fish, similar to living gharials. Champsosaurus was the first member of the Choristodera to be described. Champsosaurus was named by Edward Drinker Cope...

internal skull anatomy of choristoderes is only known for Champsosaurus. The braincase of Champsosaurus is poorly ossified at the front of the skull (anterior)...

polytomy in recent studies. Neochoristodera contains the named genera Champsosaurus, Ikechosaurus, Kosmodraco, Liaoxisaurus, Mengshanosaurus, Simoedosaurus...

Skeleton of Champsosaurus, a choristodere, the latest surviving order of extinct reptiles. The last known choristoderes are known from the Miocene, around...

several small exhibits including a display of small fossils (including Champsosaurus, Dromaeosaurus, Protostega, among others.), modern animals that can...

becoming extinct in the Miocene. The gharial-like choristodere genus Champsosaurus' palatal teeth suggest that there were dietary changes among the various...

mosasaur Plioplatecarpus, the turtle Boremys and the diapsid reptile Champsosaurus. A fair number of mammals lived in this region, which included Turgidodon...

neosuchian crocodyliformes. During the Late Cretaceous the neochoristodere Champsosaurus was widely distributed across western North America. Due to the extreme...

of fully aquatic freshwater predators, the neochoristoderes such as Champsosaurus, also have forward-faced eyes, as opposed to the dorsally positioned...

Globidens timorensis, lamniforme sharks, coelacanths and the choristodere Champsosaurus. The earliest historical record about Timor island is the 13th-century...

Ichthyosaurus Ichthyotitan Mixosaurus Ophthalmosaurus Shastasaurus Shonisaurus Champsosaurus Simoedosaurus ?Pachystropheus (sometimes considered a thalattosaur)...

predator of the fauna. The second largest reptile is the champsosaur Champsosaurus gigas. C. gigas is unusual among Paleocene reptiles in that it is larger...

Canyon Formation that correspond to wetlands. The choristodere genus Champsosaurus was also a resident of Alberta during this time. A wide variety of fossil...

Hyphalosaurus. Hyphalosaurus is related to the large, crocodile-like Champsosaurus and the smaller, lizard-like Monjurosuchus. Its closest relative was...

Palaeosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammal fossils from the park are relatively rare and consist of isolated...

Choristoderans reported from the Hell Creek Formation Genus Species State Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Champsosaurus C. sp. Montana A champsosaur....

thought to have a similar diet to another neochoristoderan reptile, Champsosaurus, due to morphology of the skull. It would hunt in freshwater environments...

Horseshoe Canyon, while freshwater environments were populated by turtles, Champsosaurus, and crocodilians like Leidyosuchus and Stangerochampsa. Dinosaurs dominate...

C. inelegans may refer to: Champsosaurus inelegans, an extinct species of diapsid reptile Cleora inelegans, a moth species found in Nigeria Culex inelegans...

and fruits. Tooth marks attributed to multituberculates are known on Champsosaurus fossils, indicating that at least some of these mammals were scavengers...

contemporaneous, Simoedosaurus is not closely related to the North American Champsosaurus, instead it appears to be most closely related to Tchoiria and Ikechosaurus...

a very large Acipenser sturgeon, as well as the large choristoderes Champsosaurus and Kosmodraco. Numerous terrestrial fauna, including large mammals...

Champsosaurus, a gharial-like choristodere which survived the Cretaceous-Paleocene extinction event. Choristoderes may represent the fifth group of archosauromorphs...

Skull diagram of Champsosaurus, showing the pterygoid bone in red-violet (visible in inferior view at lower right and posterior to the ectopterygoid bone...

choristoderans are known from the Paleocene: The gharial-like neochoristoderans Champsosaurus—the largest is the Paleocene C. gigas at 3 m (9.8 ft), Simoedosaurus—the...

Horseshoe Canyon, while freshwater environments were populated by turtles, Champsosaurus, and crocodilians like Leidyosuchus and Stangerochampsa. Dinosaurs dominate...

Champsosaurus...

Remains of the following Choristoderes have been found in the formation: Champsosaurus (at least 3 species) Cteniogenys sp. cf. antiquus (possibly another...

329–350. Dudgeon, Thomas William (2019). The internal cranial anatomy of Champsosaurus lindoei and its functional implications (PDF). Earth Sciences (M.Sci...

descriptions were the therapsid Lystrosaurus (1870), the archosauromorph Champsosaurus (1876), and the sauropod Amphicoelias (1878), possibly the largest dinosaur...