Aldabrachampsus

Aldabrachampsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Aldabrachampsus
Brochu, 2006
Species
  • A. dilophus Brochu, 2006

Aldabrachampsus is an extinct genus of crocodylian. A horned crocodile, its incomplete remains were found on Aldabra Atoll in the western Indian Ocean. It was small (perhaps 2 to 2.5 metres (6.6 to 8.2 ft) long) and lived during the Pleistocene.[1]

Because it is known from fragmentary material, its relationships to modern crocodylians are unclear. It appears to have been a crocodylid, but could be closer to either the African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus) or the true crocodiles (Crocodylus).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Brochu, Christopher A. (2006). "A new miniature horned crocodile from the Quaternary of Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean" (pdf). Copeia 2006 (2): 149–158. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[149:ANMHCF]2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6%5B149%3AANMHCF%5D2.0.CO%3B2.