Champsosaurus Fossil Tooth Crocodile Champsosaur Prehistoric Reptile Cretaceous Collection (3)

Description

Origin : Montana - U.S.A. (Hell Creek Formation)

Geological era : Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Age : 80 million of years

Size : mm 5

Fossil Tooth Prehistoric Reptile Champsosaur Crocodile mm 5 Champsosaurus laramiensis Armored Extinct Reptiles Choristodera Mesozoic Cretaceous Collecting Paleontology Museum.

Nice collectible fossil specimen in excellent condition, quality specimen, with very good front and rear surface detail.
No restoration at all. Only a piece, as in photos.

Champsosaurus was a kind of extinct aquatic diapsid reptile belonging to the order of Choristodera. About 1.5 meters long lived in Montana during the Late Cretaceous, together with dinosaurs like the T-rex and Triceratops, and survived until the Middle Eocene.
Although not related, this reptile was much like a gavial today: slim body, long snout and sharp teeth. With his long jaw easily grab the fish they eat. The name literally means "alligator lizard"; the term "Champs", according to an ancient greek author, comes from the name by which the Egyptians call the Nile crocodiles χαμψαι [champsae].
 Its fossils have been found in North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming) and Europe (Belgium and France).