Brachyuranochampsa

Brachyuranochampsa; Temporal range: 83.5–46.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 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;

Brachyuranochampsa is an extinct genus of crocodyloid crocodilians.

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

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

External links

Brachyuranochampsa in the Paleobiology Database

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[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