Brachytaenius

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Brachytaenius
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Genus: Brachytaenius
von Meyer, 1842
Species
  • B. perennis (type)

Brachytaenius was an extinct genus of metriorhynchid crocodylian that was named in 1842 by von Meyer. The genus is considered a junior synonym of Geosaurus.