Proterochampsa
| Proterochampsa Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Proterochampsa Reig, 1959 |
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Proterochampsa is a genus of proterochampsid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Argentina and Brazil (Paleorrota). It normally measured 1.8–2 m (5.9–6.6 ft), though P. barrionuevoi, known from a 44 cm skull, could have grown up to 3.5 m (11 ft).[1]
Sources
- The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian
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