| Brachyuranochampsa | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Genus: | †Brachyuranochampsa Zangerl, 1944 |
| Species | |
Brachyuranochampsa is anextinctgenus ofcrocodilian.
The only robust occurrence ofBrachyuranochampsa isB. eversolei from theMiddle Eocene ofWyoming.[1] Another species,B. zangerli from the lowerBridger Formation atGrizzly Buttes, has beensynonymized with another primitive crocodilian,"Crocodylus" affinis, also known from the Bridger Formation.[2][3]
Phylogenetic studies have consistently recoveredBrachyuranochampsa as morebasal than thecrown groupCrocodylidae, which consists of allextant (living)crocodiles.[2][4]
The belowcladogram from a 2018 study combiningmorphological data and molecular DNA evidence shows the placement ofBrachyuranochampsa withinCrocodylia.[5]
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