Brachytaenius

Taxobox
name = "Brachytaenius"
fossil_range = Fossil range|151|150 Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Mesoeucrocodylia
subordo = Thalattosuchia
familia = Metriorhynchidae
genus = "Brachytaenius"
genus_authority = von Meyer, 1842 Meyer H von 1842. "Brachytaenius perennis" aus dem dichten gelben Jurakalk von Aalen in Würtembertg. In: Meyer H von, Althaus GB, Münster G, eds. "Beiträge zur Petrefacten-kunde". Bayreuth: 22-23, & plate 7.]
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "B. perennis" von Meyer, 1842 (type)

"Brachytaenius" is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid crocodylian that lived during the Late Jurassic. Originally named in 1842 by von Meyer, it is considered a junior synonym of "Geosaurus".

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