Notochampsa
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notochampsa is an extinct genus of protosuchian crocodyliform.[2] Fossils have been found from the lower Clarens Formation of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa, dating back to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic.[3][4][5] Notochampsa comes from a period of relative fossil scarcity, and is the youngest known occurrence of a crocodylomorph (and vertebrate body fossil) from the Karoo Basin of South Africa.[1]
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Suborder: | Notochampsoidea |
Family: | Notochampsidae |
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