Baryphracta Frey et al. 1987 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Diplocynodontidae

Full reference: E. Frey, A. Laemmert, and J. Riess. 1987. Baryphracta deponiae n. g. n. sp. (Reptilia, Crocodylia), ein neues Krokodil aus der Grube Messel bey Darmstadt (Hessen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatschefte 1987:15-26

Parent taxon: Diplocynodontidae according to J. E. Martin 2010

See also Brochu 1999, Frey et al. 1987, Martin and Buffetaut 2008, Piras and Buscalioni 2006 and Puértolas et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Baryphracta in the database

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