In Depth
Trematochampsa is a genus of crocodile that lived in what is now Niger during the Late Cretaceous. A second species named in 1979 as T. oblita has now been reassigned to its own genus, Miadanasuchus. Trematochampsa is now considered to be more of a nomen dubium since these fossils are actually made up of a mixture of individuals, with no clear distinguishing features for the holotype.
Further Reading
- Trematochampsa taqueti, un Crocodilien nouveau du S�nonian inf�rieur du Niger. - Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences (Paris) 279: 1749–1752. - E. Buffetaut - 1974. ] - Un nouveau Crocodilien m�sosuchien dans le Campanien de Madagascar, Trematochampsa oblita, n.sp. - Bulletin de la Soci�t� G�ologique de France 2: 183–188. - E. Buffetaut & P. Taquet - 1979. - New Material of “Trematochampsa” Oblita (Crocodyliformes,Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (2): 599–604. - Erin L. Rasmusson Simons & Gregory A. Buckley - 2009. – Trematochampsa taqueti as a nomen dubium and the crocodyliform diversity of the Upper Cretaceous In Beceten Formation of Niger. – Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. in press (3): 659–680. – L. M. V. Meunier & H. C. E. Larsson – 2018.
