Brachygnathosuchus
Name:
Brachygnathosuchus.
Phonetic: Brak-e-nay-fo-soo-kus.
Named By: C. C. Mook - 1921.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodilia.
Species: B. braziliensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Brazil.
Time period: Pliocene?
Fossil representation: Partial ramus of a dentary
(lower jaw). An eroded osteoderm is also attributed to the genus.
Brachygnathosuchus is a problematic genus of crocodile because so far it is only known from a small portion of a lower jaw and possible osteoderm. A partial mandible that was moved from Dinoschus into Brachygnathosuchus was later moved again into Purussaurus.
Further reading
- Brachygnathosuchus braziliensis, a new fossil
crocodilian from
Brazil. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
44:43-49. - C. C. Mook - 1921.
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