Fruitachampsa, Clark, 2011

Clark, James M., 2011, A new shartegosuchid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western Colorado, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (5), pp. 644-645 : 644-645

PROTOSUCHIDAE GobiosuchusZaraasuchusZosuchusSichuanosuchusShantungosuchusNominosuchusShartegosuchusFruitachampsa AdzhosuchusHsisosuchus MESOEUCROCODYLIA extant crocodylians and becomes accentuated with age. Alternatively, it should be noted that the delicate construction of the cranial bones and the absence of interalveolar septa are features found only in juveniles of living crocodylians ( Ferguson, 1985), although septa are absent in adults of some basal mesoeucrocodylians (e.g. Lecuona & Pol, 2008).

The fossils from a single horizon fall into at least three distinct size classes represented by the following specimens: small, LACM 120492 ; medium, LACM 120455 (holotype) and 120483; large, LACM 115726 , 120492 , 120494 , 120456 , and 128306 .