- Deborah; Tarduno, John A.; Brinkman,
Donald B. (May 2007). "A
fossil champsosaur po****tion from the high Arctic:
Implications for Late
Cretaceous paleotemperatures"...
- The
largest air-breathing
survivors of the event,
crocodilians and
champsosaurs, were
semiaquatic and had
access to detritus.
Modern crocodilians can...
-
ceratopsian bonebeds, but
bearing only the
remains of
aquatic animals like
champsosaurs, crocodilians, fish, and turtles. The
second was a lens of sandstone...
-
groups became extinct,
including large forms like
crocodyliforms and
champsosaurs,
because such
communities rely less
directly on food from
living plants...
- be the apex
predator of the fauna. The
second largest reptile is the
champsosaur Champsosaurus gigas. C.
gigas is
unusual among Paleocene reptiles in...
- Deborah; Tarduno, John A.; Brinkman,
Donald B. (May 2007). "A
fossil champsosaur po****tion from the high Arctic:
Implications for Late
Cretaceous paleotemperatures"...
-
terrestrial creatures.
Vertebrates include dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles,
champsosaurs, lizards, snakes, turtles,
frogs and salamanders.
Remains of
fishes and...
- and rays,
among others. Frogs, salamanders, turtles,
crocodilians and
champsosaurs also
dwelled in the
aquatic habitats.
Azhdarchid pterosaurs and ornithuran...
- Stratigraphic position
Material Notes Images Champsosaurus C.
ambulator C.
laramiensis Montana A
champsosaur.
Indeterminate species also
known from
North Dakota....
-
teeth is
known from the
upper part of the formation. Choristoderes, or
champsosaurs, were
aquatic reptiles.
Small examples looked like lizards,
while larger...
