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Harpacochampsa

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Crocodylidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Crocodiles

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Reptilia

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Trilophosuchus, Piscogavialis, Ikanogavialis

Harpacochampsa is a poorly known Early Miocene crocodilian from the Bullock Creek lagerstätte of the Northern Territory. The current specimen consists of a partial skull and fragments of a slender snout reminiscent of that of a false gharial. It is tentatively placed within Mekosuchinae, though some experts disagree with this, as H. camfieldensis would be the only known mekosuchine with a long, thin snout. Its long snout demonstrates that it was a piscivore in life.

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Harpacochampsa Wikipedia