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Brachychampsa
Taxonomy
Brachychampsa was named by Gilmore (1911).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1911); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoroidea by Norell et al. (1994); to Alligatoroidea by Williamson (1996); to Alligatorinae by Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Bryant (1989), Wu et al. (1996), Pearson et al. (2002); to Globidonta by Brochu (1999), Martin (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Farke et al. (2014), Massonne et al. (2019), Godoy et al. (2020); to Caimaninae by Bona et al. (2018), Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Brachychampsini by Cossette and Tarailo (2024).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1911); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoroidea by Norell et al. (1994); to Alligatoroidea by Williamson (1996); to Alligatorinae by Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Bryant (1989), Wu et al. (1996), Pearson et al. (2002); to Globidonta by Brochu (1999), Martin (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Farke et al. (2014), Massonne et al. (2019), Godoy et al. (2020); to Caimaninae by Bona et al. (2018), Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Brachychampsini by Cossette and Tarailo (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Brachychampsa Gilmore p. 298 figs. Pl. 26-27 |
| 1930 | Brachychampsa Hay p. 158 |
| 1964 | Brachychampsa Estes p. 142 |
| 1970 | Brachychampsa Estes and Berberian p. 6 |
| 1989 | Brachychampsa Bryant p. 54 |
| 1994 | Brachychampsa Norell et al. p. 3 figs. 1-6 |
| 1996 | Brachychampsa Williamson p. 422 |
| 1996 | Brachychampsa Wu et al. |
| 1999 | Brachychampsa Brochu |
| 2002 | Brachychampsa Pearson et al. p. 154 |
| 2007 | Brachychampsa Martin |
| 2008 | Brachychampsa Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2013 | Brachychampsa Pinheiro et al. |
| 2014 | Brachychampsa Farke et al. |
| 2018 | Brachychampsa Bona et al. |
| 2019 | Brachychampsa Massonne et al. |
| 2020 | Brachychampsa Godoy et al. |
| 2021 | Brachychampsa Rio and Mannion |
| 2024 | Brachychampsa Cossette and Tarailo |
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G. †Brachychampsa Gilmore 1911
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†Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911
†Brachychampsa sealeyi Williamson 1996
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. A. Norell et al. 1994 | [implicitly as for type and only species, Brachychampsa montana] |