Brachyuranochampsa
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Brachyuranochampsa is an extinct genus of crocodilian.
| Brachyuranochampsa Temporal range: Middle Eocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Genus: | †Brachyuranochampsa Zangerl, 1944 |
| Species | |
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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 crocodilian, "Crocodylus" affinis, also known from the Bridger Formation.[2][3]
Phylogenetic studies have consistently recovered Brachyuranochampsa as more basal than the crown group Crocodylidae, which consists of all extant (living) crocodiles.[2][4]
The below cladogram from a 2018 study combining morphological data and molecular DNA evidence shows the placement of Brachyuranochampsa within Crocodylia.[5]
| Crocodylia |
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