Tchoiria
| Tchoiria Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), | |
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| T. klauseni skeleton at Dinosaurios del desierto de Gobi exhibition in Chile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Choristodera |
| Suborder: | †Neochoristodera |
| Genus: | †Tchoiria Efimov, 1975 |
| Species | |
Tchoiria (/ˈtʃɔɪriə/) is a genus of neochoristoderan reptile from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. The name Tchoiria comes from the city of Choir which is nearby to where the holotype was found. Tchoiria is thought to have a similar diet to another neochoristoderan reptile, Champsosaurus, due to morphology of the skull. It would hunt in freshwater environments, like the living gharials, where it would prey on many different types of fish and turtles.