About 8 results for Champsosauridae
en.wikipedia.org › Neochoristodera

Neochoristodera

Neochoristodera is a lineage of specialised crocodile-like fully aquatic choristodere reptiles. Noted for their long jaws and large size, these animals were predominant across the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in freshwater and coastal environments...

Updated: August 17, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Ikechosaurus

Ikechosaurus

Ikechosaurus (meaning "Ikh Juu lizard", in reference to the discovery locality of type species) is an extinct genus of choristodere reptile which existed in China and Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous. It contains four species: I. sunailinae, I....

Updated: August 7, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Champsosaurus

Champsosaurus

Champsosaurus is an extinct genus of crocodile-like choristodere reptile, known from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene periods of North America and Europe (Campanian–Paleocene). The name Champsosaurus is thought to come from champsai (χαμψαι),...

Updated: October 16, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Hillary_Maddin

Hillary Maddin

Hillary Catherine Maddin is a Canadian paleontologist and developmental biologist known for her work on development in extinct and extant amphibians. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University.

Updated: August 31, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › Choristodera

Choristodera

Choristodera (from the Greek χωριστός chōristos + δέρη dérē, 'separated neck') is an extinct order of semiaquatic diapsid reptiles that ranged from the Middle Jurassic, or possibly Triassic, to the Miocene (168 to 20 or possibly 11.6 million years...

Updated: October 21, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › David_C._Evans_(paleontologist)

David C. Evans (paleontologist)

David Christopher Evans (born 1980) is a Canadian palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who specializes in the evolution and paleobiology of Cretaceous dinosaurs in western North America. He received his B.Sc. from the University of British...

Updated: October 19, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › 2020_in_reptile_paleontology

2020 in reptile paleontology

This list of fossil reptiles described in 2020 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2020.

Updated: August 31, 2026
en.wikipedia.org › 2023_in_reptile_paleontology

2023 in reptile paleontology

This list of fossil reptiles described in 2023 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2023, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2023.

Updated: August 31, 2026