Brachyuranochampsa

Brachyuranochampsa is an extinct genus of crocodyloid crocodilians.

Brachyuranochampsa
Temporal range: 83.5–46.2 Ma Late Cretaceous - Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Crocodyloidea
Genus: †Brachyuranochampsa
Zangerl, 1944
Species
  • †B. eversolei Zangerl, 1944 (type)
  • †B. zangerli Mook, 1962

The only robust occurrence of Brachyuranochampsa is B. eversolei from the middle Eocene of Wyoming.[1] Another species, B. zangerli from the lower Bridger Formation at Grizzly Buttes, has been synonymized with another primitive crocodyloid, "Crocodylus" affinis, also known from the Bridger Formation [2]

References
  1. Zangerl, R. (1944). Brachyuranochampsa eversolei, gen. et sp. nov., a new crocodilian from the Washakie beds of Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 30:77-84
  2. Brochu, C.A. (1997). Morphology, fossils, divergence timing, and the phylogenetic relationships of Gavialis. Systematic Biology 47:479-522
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