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Brachysuchus, the Glossary

Brachysuchus (meaning "wide crocodile") is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the late Triassic period (Carnian stage) of Dockum Group in Texas, United States.^[1]

38 relations: Angistorhinus, Angular bone, Armour (zoology), Articular bone, Asymmetry, Blood vessel, Bone, Carnian, Cross section (geometry), Dental alveolus, Dockum Group, Extinction, Fish, Fluting (architecture), Foramen, Genus, Geologic time scale, Glossary of leaf morphology, Holotype, Jaw, Late Triassic, Leptosuchus, Mandible, Muscle, Orbit (anatomy), Phytosaur, Polyphyodont, Postcrania, Predation, Rostrum (anatomy), Skull, Stegocephali, Texas, Tooth, Triassic, Tusk, Type species, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.
Fossil taxa described in 1929
Phytosaurs
Taxa named by Ermine Cowles Case
Triassic geology of Texas

Angistorhinus

Angistorhinus (meaning "narrow snout" or "hook snout") is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the Late Triassic period of Texas and Wyoming, United States. Brachysuchus and Angistorhinus are late Triassic reptiles of North America, phytosaurs and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Angular bone

The angular is a large bone in the lower jaw (mandible) of amphibians and reptiles (birds included), which is connected to all other lower jaw bones: the dentary (which is the entire lower jaw in mammals), the splenial, the suprangular, and the articular.

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Armour (zoology)

Armour or armor in animals is a rigid cuticle or exoskeleton that provides exterior protection against attack by predators, formed as part of the body (rather than the behavioural utilization of external objects for protection) usually through the thickening and hardening of superficial tissues, outgrowths or skin secretions.

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Articular bone

The articular bone is part of the lower jaw of most vertebrates, including most jawed fish, amphibians, birds and various kinds of reptiles, as well as ancestral mammals.

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Asymmetry

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry (the property of an object being invariant to a transformation, such as reflection).

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Blood vessel

Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.

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Carnian

The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic Series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic Epoch).

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Cross section (geometry)

In geometry and science, a cross section is the non-empty intersection of a solid body in three-dimensional space with a plane, or the analog in higher-dimensional spaces.

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Dental alveolus

Dental alveoli (singular alveolus) are sockets in the jaws in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process with the periodontal ligament.

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Dockum Group

The Dockum is a Late Triassic (approximately late Carnian through Rhaetian, or 223–200 Ma) geologic group found primarily on the Llano Estacado of western Texas and eastern New Mexico with minor exposures in southwestern Kansas, eastern Colorado, and Oklahoma panhandle.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Fluting (architecture)

Fluting in architecture and the decorative arts consists of shallow grooves running along a surface.

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Foramen

In anatomy and osteology, a foramen (foramina, or foramens) is an opening or enclosed gap within the dense connective tissue (bones and deep fasciae) of extant and extinct amniote animals, typically to allow passage of nerves, arteries, veins or other soft tissue structures (e.g. muscle tendon) from one body compartment to another.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.

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Glossary of leaf morphology

The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Jaw

The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.

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Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago).

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Leptosuchus

Leptosuchus is an extinct genus of leptosuchomorph phytosaur with a complex taxonomical history. Brachysuchus and Leptosuchus are Carnian genera, late Triassic reptiles of North America, paleontology in Texas, phytosaurs, Prehistoric reptile genera, taxa named by Ermine Cowles Case and Triassic geology of Texas.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Orbit (anatomy)

In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket/hole of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

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Phytosaur

Phytosaurs (Φυτόσαυροι in greek, meaning 'plant lizard') are an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic Late Triassic archosauriform reptiles. Brachysuchus and Phytosaur are phytosaurs.

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Polyphyodont

A polyphyodont is any animal whose teeth are continually replaced.

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Postcrania

Postcrania (postcranium, adjective: postcranial) in zoology and vertebrate paleontology is all or part of the skeleton apart from the skull.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Rostrum (anatomy)

Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.

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Skull

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.

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Stegocephali

Stegocephali (often spelled Stegocephalia, from Greek στεγοκεφαλια, lit. "roofed head") is a clade of vertebrate animals containing all fully limbed tetrapodomorphs.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Tooth

A tooth (teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.

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Triassic

The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.

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Tusk

Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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University of Michigan Museum of Natural History

The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History (UMMNH) is a natural history museum of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachysuchus

Also known as Brachysuchus megalodon.

Brachysuchus, the Glossary

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See also

Fossil taxa described in 1929

Phytosaurs

Taxa named by Ermine Cowles Case

Triassic geology of Texas

References