| Aldabrachampsus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Genus: | †Aldabrachampsus Brochu, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Aldabrachampsus dilophus Brochu, 2006
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Aldabrachampsus is an extinct genus of small horned crocodile known from fragmentary remains. It lived during the Pleistocene on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles in the western Indian Ocean. The name Aldabrachampsus dilophus means "Two-crested crocodile from Aldabra". It was a small animal, reaching a length of 2–2.5 m (6 ft 7 in – 8 ft 2 in), comparable in size to the smallest extant crocodilians.[1]
- ^ Brochu, Christopher A. (2006). "A new miniature horned crocodile from the Quaternary of Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean" (pdf). Copeia. 2006 (2): 149–158. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[149:ANMHCF]2.0.CO;2.