- fish,
similar to
living gharials.
Champsosaurus was the
first member of the
Choristodera to be described.
Champsosaurus was
named by
Edward Drinker Cope...
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internal skull anatomy of
choristoderes is only
known for
Champsosaurus. The
braincase of
Champsosaurus is
poorly ossified at the
front of the
skull (anterior)...
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polytomy in
recent studies.
Neochoristodera contains the
named genera Champsosaurus, Ikechosaurus, Kosmodraco, Liaoxisaurus, Mengshanosaurus, Simoedosaurus...
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Skeleton of
Champsosaurus, a choristodere, the
latest surviving order of
extinct reptiles. The last
known choristoderes are
known from the Miocene, around...
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thought to have a
similar diet to
another neochoristoderan reptile,
Champsosaurus, due to
morphology of the skull. It
would hunt in
freshwater environments...
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becoming extinct in the Miocene. The gharial-like
choristodere genus Champsosaurus'
palatal teeth suggest that
there were
dietary changes among the various...
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Ikechosaurus pijiagouensis Ikechosaurus sunailinae Tchoiria namsari Tchoiria klauseni Champsosaurus Simoedosaurus...
- from the
Latin magnum (large) and
cornum (horn).
Unlike the well
known Champsosaurus,
Kosmodraco had an
exceptionally brevirostrine skull with the blunt...
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Skull diagram of
Champsosaurus,
showing the
pterygoid bone in red-violet (visible in
inferior view at
lower right and
posterior to the
ectopterygoid bone...
- Hyphalosaurus.
Hyphalosaurus is
related to the large, crocodile-like
Champsosaurus and the smaller, lizard-like Monjurosuchus. Its
closest relative was...
