| Wannchampsus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| W. kirpachi holotype and paratype with modern Crocodylus porosus skull for comparison. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Family: | †Paralligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Wannchampsus Adams, 2014 |
| Species: | †W. kirpachi
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| †Wannchampsus kirpachi Adams, 2014
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Wannchampsus ("Wann Langston, Jr.'s crocodile") is an extinct genus of paralligatorid neosuchian, close to but not a true crocodilian. It is known from fossils discovered in Lower Cretaceous rocks in north-central Texas, United States.
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