Brachysuchus

Brachysuchus; Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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	Skull of Brachysuchus megalodon in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Phytosauria
Family:	Phytosauridae
Genus:	†Brachysuchus; Case, 1929
Type species
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Brachysuchus is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the late Triassic period (Carnian stage) of Dockum Group in Texas, USA. It is known from the holotype UMMP 10336 is composed of a skull, lower jaws and partial postcranium and from the associated paratype UMMP 14366, nearly complete skull, recovered from the 'Pre-Tecovas Horizon' in the Dockum Group.^[1]^[2] It was first named by Case in 1929 and the type species is Brachysuchus megalodon. Its closest relative was Angistorhinus.^[2]

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Brachysuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
250px
Skull of Brachysuchus megalodon in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Phytosauria
Family:	Phytosauridae
Genus:	*†Brachysuchus* Case, 1929
Type species
<templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Brachysuchus megalodon Case, 1929