Chrysochampsa is an extinct monospecific genus of alligatorine. Fossils have been found from the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota and date back to the Wasatchian regional North American faunal stage of the early Eocene.[1] The genus has been proposed to be synonymous with Allognathosuchus at times,[2][3] but it is now generally accepted that Chrysochampsa is distinct from all other alligatoroids and is its own taxon.[4]
| Chrysochampsa Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
| Genus: | †Chrysochampsa Estes, 1988 |
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References edit
- ^ Estes, R. (1988). "Lower vertebrates from the Golden Valley Formation, Early Eocene of North Dakota". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 31 (20): 541–562.
- ^ Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R. M. (2003). Chrysochampsa is Allognathosuchus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23:(3, supplement). 73A.
- ^ Lucas, S. G.; Sullivan, R. M. (2004). "The taxonomic status of Chrysochampsa, an Eocene crocodylian from North Dakota, USA and the paleobiogeography of Allognathosuchus". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 2004 (8): 461–472. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2004/2004/461.
- ^ Brochu, Christopher A. (2004). "Alligatorine phylogeny and the status of Allognathosuchus Mook, 1921". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (4): 857–873. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0857:APATSO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85050852.
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