Brachyuranochampsa
| Brachyuranochampsa Temporal range: 83.5–46.2 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Crocodyloidea |
| Genus: | †Brachyuranochampsa Zangerl, 1944 |
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Brachyuranochampsa is an extinct genus of crocodyloid crocodilians.
Although reported from as old as the late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous,[1] the only robust occurrence of Brachyuranochampsa is B. eversolei from Wyoming.[2] 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 [3]
References
- ↑ Ryan, M. J., Russell, A. P., Eberth, D. A., and Currie, P. J. (2001). The taphonomy of a Centrosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) bone bed from th Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada, with comments on cranial ontogeny. Palaios 16:482-506
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Brochu, C.A. (1997). Morphology, fossils, divergence timing, and the phylogenetic relationships of Gavialis. Systematic Biology 47:479-522
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