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Brachysuchus

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Brachysuchus was named by Case (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phytosaurus by Kuhn (1964), Charig (1967).

It was assigned to Phytosauria by Case (1929); to Phytosauria by Huene (1942); to Phytosauridae by Stocker (2010); to Phytosauridae by Stocker and Butler (2013); and to Mystriosuchinae by Kammerer et al. (2016).

Species
B. megalodon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Brachysuchus Case
1942Brachysuchus Huene p. 253
2010Brachysuchus Stocker p. supplement
2013Brachysuchus Stocker and Butler
2016Brachysuchus Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
genusBrachysuchus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Brachysuchus Case 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Angistorhinus sp. (22706) B. megalodon (135657)