Brachysuchus megalodon Case 1929

Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae

Alternative combinations: Angistorhinus megalodon, Phytosaurus megalodon

Full reference: E. C. Case. 1929. Description of the skull of a new form of phytosaur, with notes on the characters of described North American phytosaurs. Memoirs of the University of Michigan Museums, Museum of Paleontology 2:1-56

Belongs to Brachysuchus according to M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler 2013

See also Gregory 1962, Long and Murry 1995, Lucas et al. 2002 and Stocker 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMMP 10336, 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.

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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