Name
Wannchampsus (Wann Langston Jr.'s crocodile).
Phonetic
Wann-champ-sus.
Named By
T. L. Adams - 2014.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Paralligatoridae.
Diet
Carnivore/Piscivore.
Species
W. kirpachi
Size
Skulls up to 6.4 centimetres long.
Known locations
USA, Texas - Antlers Formation, Twin Mountains Formation.
Time Period
Aptian to Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial skulls and partial post cranial skeletal remains.
Wannchampsus is a genus of very small crocodile that lived in North America in the latter periods of the early Cretaceous.
- Small crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (late Aptian) of central Texas and its systematic relationship to the evolution of Eusuchia. - Journal of Paleontology 88(5):1031-1049. - T. L. Adams - 2014.
