page_title: Pissarrachampsa
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Pissarrachampsa / Classification
caption_attribution_description: Pissarrachampsa sera (holotype, LPRP/USP 0019), photographs and schematic drawing of the articulated dorsal vertebrae in left lateral (A and B) and ventral views (C), and isolated dorsal vertebra in caudal view (D). Cross-hatched areas represent broken surfaces. Black areas represent sediment-filled areas. Abbreviations: dpon, depression between the postzygapophysis and the neural spine; ns, neural spine (base); ncs, neurocentral suture; pf, postspinal fossa; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; tp, transverse process; vc, vertebral centrum. Scale bar equals 5 cm. Scale bar equals 80 cm.
context_page_description: Pissarrachampsa is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is based on a nearly complete skull and a referred partial skull and lower jaw from the?Campanian -?Maastrichtian-age Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation of the Bauru Group, found in the vicinity of Gurinhatã, Brazil.
context_section_description: A recent study from 2014  corroborates with the original description and places Pissarrachampsa sera within the subfamily Pissarrachampsinae:
caption: Vertebrae of the holotype
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