Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Alternative combination: Promystriosuchus ehlersi

Full reference: E. C. Case. 1922. New reptiles and stegocephalians from the Upper Triassic of western Texas. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 221:1-84

Belongs to Paleorhinus according to R. A. Long and P. A. Murry 1995

See also Case 1922 and Hay 1930

Sister taxa: Parasuchus angustifrons, Parasuchus bransoni, Parasuchus hislopi, Parasuchus magnoculus, Paleorhinus sawini, Mesorhinosuchus fraasi

Type specimen: UMMP 7487, a skull. Its type locality is Near Otis Chalk, Brachysuchus holotype, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial conglomerate in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Otis Chalk, Brachysuchus holotype

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