Harpacochampsa
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| Harpacochampsa Temporal range: Early Miocene |
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| Baru and H. camfieldensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Subfamily: | ?Mekosuchinae |
| Genus: | Harpacochampsa Megirian, Murray & Willis 1991 |
| Species: | H. camfieldensis Megirian, Murray & Willis 1991 |
Harpacochampsa camfieldensis is a poorly known Early Miocene crocodilian from the Bullock Creek lagerstatte of the Northern Territory. The current specimen consists of a partial skull and fragments of a slender snout reminiscent of that of a false gharial. It is tentatively placed within Mekosuchinae,[1] though some experts disagree with this, as H. camfieldensis would be the only known mekosuchine with a long, thin snout.[2] Its long snout demonstrates that it was a piscivore in life.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Willis, P. M. A., "Review of Crocodilians of Australasia" (pdf).
- ^ Brochu, Christopher A, American Zoologist, Jun 2001. "Crocodylian snouts toward adaptive radiation."
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