Brachiosuchus Salih et al. 2021 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae

Full reference: K. O. Salih, D. C. Evans, R. Bussert, N. Klein, and J. Müeller. 2021. Brachiosuchus kababishensis, a new long-snouted dyrosaurid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of north central Sudan. Historical Biology

Parent taxon: Dyrosauridae according to K. O. Salih et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Anthracosuchus, Cerrejonisuchus, Chenanisuchus, Dyrosaurus minor, Hyposaurinae, Hyposaurus rogersii, Phosphatosaurinae, Rodeosuchus, Tilemsisuchus

Subtaxa: Brachiosuchus kababishensis

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Type: Brachiosuchus kababishensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Abyad Plateau (Cretaceous of Sudan)

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