Ischyrochampsa

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Ischyrochampsa
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
84.9–70.6 Ma
File:Ischyrochampsa meridionalis.JPG
Teeth of Ischyrochampsa meridionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Eusuchia
Clade: Allodaposuchidae
Genus: Ischyrochampsa
Vasse, 1995
Type species
Ischyrochampsa meridionalis
Vasse, 1995

Ischyrochampsa is an extinct monospecific genus of Late Cretaceous crocodyliform belonging to the eusuchian clade Allodaposuchidae. Fossils of the type species I. meridionalis are late Campanian in age and were found in the commune of Saint-Estève-Janson in Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Material is also known from Spain.[1] It was named and described in 1995,[2] and it had an estimated length of over 4 metres (13 ft).[3]

Ischyrochampsa was first classified as a trematochampsid, but was removed from the group by subsequent studies.[4][5] In their description of Allodaposuchus remains from southern France, Martin and his colleagues treated the genus as a possible junior synonym of Allodaposuchus.[6]

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  6. ^ Martin, J. E., Delfino, M., Garcia, G., Godefroit, P., Berton, S. and Valentin, X. (2016), New specimens of Allodaposuchus precedens from France: intraspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176: 607–631. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12331

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