0.6" Champsosaurus Gigas Reptile Vertebrae Cretaceous Hell Creek MT COA & Stand

Location: Hell Creek Formation, Glendive Montana (Private Land Origin) Weight: 0.4 Ounces  Dimensions: 0.6 Inches Long, 0.6 Inches Wide, 0.4 Inches Thick Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Comes with a free Acrylic Base (Stand) & Mineral Tack. The item pictured is the one you will receive. This is a real fossil. Name: Champsosaurus (Crocodile lizard.). Diet: Carnivore/piscivore. Size: Depending upon the species, anywhere between 1.5 and 3.5 meters long. Known locations: Canada and the USA.  Although Champsosaurus looked like a crocodile and almost certainly lived like a crocodile, the genus was actually a member of the Choristodera. This is a separate group of diapsid reptiles which means that despite the physical similarity, Champsosaurus was not related to the modern crocodiles that we know today. Out of all the modern types of crocodiles, Champsosaurus is most similar to the gharial. The snout is long and thin which may indicate a specialization for hunting smaller organ