Pristichampsus

Pristichampsus
Temporal range: Eocene,
47.8–41.2 Ma Lutetian
Life reconstruction of Pristichampsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: †Pristichampsidae
Genus: †Pristichampsus
Gervais, 1853
Type species
†Pristichampsus rollinatii
(Gray, 1831)
Species
  • †P. birjukovi? Efimov, 1988
  • †P. kuznetzovi? Efimov, 1988
Synonyms

Pristichampsus (from Greek: πρῐ́στῐς prístis, 'saw' and Greek: χαμψαι champsai, 'crocodile') is a non-diagnostic and potentially dubious extinct genus of crocodylian from France and possibly also Kazakhstan that is part of the monotypic Pristichampsidae family. As the type species, Pristichampsus rollinatii, was based on insufficient material when described in 1831 and 1853,[1][2] the taxonomic status of the genus is in doubt, and other species have been referred to other genera, primarily Boverisuchus.[3]

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