Trematochampsa

Taxobox
name = "Trematochampsa"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Crurotarsi
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_familia = Mesoeucrocodylia
familia = Trematochampsidae
genus="Trematochampsa"
genus_authority= Buffetaut, 1974
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. oblita" Buffetaut, 1974 (type)

"Trematochampsa" is an extinct genus of crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. The type species, "T. oblita", was described by Buffetaut in 1974.

"Trematochampsa" gives its name to the Trematochampsidae, a poorly-known group of fossil crocodiles.

References

* Carroll, RL. (1988). "Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution". W.H. Freeman and Company

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38384&is_real_user=0 "Trematochampsa" in the Paleobiology Database]
* [http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/Buckley/svp01_2.htm Abstract of 2001 paper]