Notochampsa
Notochampsa Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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Notochampsa is an extinct genus of protosuchian crocodylomorph.[1] Fossils have been found from the upper Elliot Formation and the lower Clarens Formation of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa, dating back to the Early Jurassic.[2][3][4] It lends its name to the family Notochampsidae, a taxon that has recently fallen from use as it is likely synonymous with Protosuchidae.[5] This family was once used to include other genera of protosuchians such as Dyoplax, Pedeticosaurus, Platyognathus, and Protosuchus,[6] and later Microchampsa and Orthosuchus.[7] Notochampsa had also once been assigned to the suborder Sphenosuchia.[8]
The genus was named in a paper published in 1904 by Robert Broom.[9] The type species was named N. istedana, and a second species, named N. longipes, was also described. Later in 1924, N. longipes was given its own genus, Erythrochampsa.[10] The name Nothochampsa is a lapsus calami of Notochampsa.
References
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External links
- Notochampsa in the Paleobiology Database
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