Pissarrachampsa

Pissarrachampsa
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Notosuchia
Clade: Sebecosuchia
Family: Baurusuchidae
Subfamily: Pissarrachampsinae
Genus: Pissarrachampsa
Montefeltro, Larsson, & Langer, 2011
Species
  • P. sera Montefeltro, Larsson, & Langer, 2011 (type)

Pissarrachampsa (meaning "piçarra [the local name for the sandstones it was recovered from] crocodile") is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is based on a nearly complete skull and a referred partial skull and lower jaw from the ?Campanian - ?Maastrichtian-age Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation of the Bauru Group, found in the vicinity of Gurinhatã, Brazil.[1]

  1. ^ Montefeltro, F.C., Larsson, H.C.E., & Langer, M.C. (2011) A New Baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the Phylogeny of Baurusuchidae. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021916 [1]