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WANNCHAMPSUS
(wann-champ-sus)
meaning: "Wann Langston Jr.'s crocodile"
Wannchampsus
Named By: T. L. Adams in 2014
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma
Location: USA, Texas - Antlers Formation, Twin Mountains Formation
Size: Skulls up to 6.4 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Partial skulls and partial post cranial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Paralligatoridae |
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Wannchampsus ("Wann Langston, Jr.'s crocodile") is an extinct genus of paralligatorid neosuchian, close to but not a true crocodilian. It is known from fossils discovered in Lower Cretaceous rocks in north-central Texas, United States.

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