Thecachampsa

Thecachampsa; Temporal range: Miocene,
	T. carolinense skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Family:	Gavialidae
Subfamily:	Tomistominae
Genus:	†Thecachampsa; Cope, 1867
Species
	†T. sericodon Cope, 1867 (type); †T. americana (Leidy, 1852) [originally Crocodilus antiqua]); †T. antiqua (Leidy, 1851) [originally Crocodilus antiquus]); †T. carolinense (Erickson and Sawyer, 1996 [originally Gavialosuchus carolinensis]);

Thecachampsa is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodylian, traditionally regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Fossils have been found from the eastern United States in deposits of Miocene age. Those named in the 19th century were distinguished primarily by the shape of their teeth, and have since been combined with T. antiquus. More recently erected species were reassigned from other genera, although their assignment to Thecachampsa has since been questioned.

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