Wannchampsus

Wannchampsus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
W. kirpachi holotype and paratype with modern Crocodylus porosus skull for comparison.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: †Wannchampsidae
Genus: †Wannchampsus
Adams, 2014
Species:
†W. kirpachi
Binomial name
†Wannchampsus kirpachi
Adams, 2014

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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