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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Skull diagram of Champsosaurus, showing the pterygoid bone...

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

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

from the Latin magnum (large) and cornum (horn). Unlike the well known Champsosaurus, Kosmodraco had an exceptionally brevirostrine skull with the blunt...

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...

Ikechosaurus pijiagouensis Ikechosaurus sunailinae Tchoiria namsari Tchoiria klauseni Champsosaurus Simoedosaurus...

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

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

have been greater than those of various species of the choristodere Champsosaurus. A later review by Efimov and Storrs (2000) retained the two as separate...

Champsosaurus...

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

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

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

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...

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

long-necked forms such as Hyphalosaurus, and gharial-like forms such as Champsosaurus and other neochoristoderes. The skull had a short, pointed snout with...

Champsosaurus Cteniogenys...

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