Named By: | F. C. Montefeltro, H. C. E. Larsson & M. C. Langer in 2011 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, Campanian-Maastrichtian |
Location: | Brazil - Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation |
Size: | Preserved length of the skull about 27.6 centimetres. Total reconstructed length of holotype skull roughly 33.2 centimetres |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull skulls and lower jaw |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Notosuchia | Sebecosuchia | Baurusuchidae | Pissarrachampsinae | |
Pissarrachampsa (meaning "picarra [the local name for the sandstones it was recovered from] crocodile") is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is based on a nearly complete skull and a referred partial skull and lower jaw from the ?Campanian - ?Maastrichtian-age Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation of the Bauru Group, found in the vicinity of Gurinhata, Brazil.