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| fossil_range = ?[[Pliocene]]<br />
| taxon = Brachygnathosuchus<br />
| authority = Mook, 1921<br />
| type_species = ''B. braziliensis'' <br />
| type_species_authority = Mook, 1921<br />
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'''''Brachygnathosuchus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[crocodilia]]n. [[Fossil]]s have been found from the [[Purus River|Upper Purus River]] in western Brazil. As there were no [[Lithification|lithified]] strata for the original specimen to be correlated with (it was found in the silt of the riverbed), the fossils cannot be dated with any certainty. However, partial remains of different organisms found in the vicinity of the specimen, such as a possible ''[[Megamys]]'' tooth and a [[humerus]] of a [[Megalonychinae|megalonychine]] ground sloth, suggest that they were of [[Pliocene]] age. The name ''Brachygnathosuchus'' (Greek for "short jawed crocodile") refers to its characteristically broad, stout [[mandible]], unusual among crocodilians. The [[holotype]] specimen was referred to Crocodilia on the basis of a partial right [[ramus of the mandible|ramus]] of the lower jaw consisting of a portion of a very large [[dentary]] bone. The bone differs from those of other related fossil and modern crocodilians and was originally said to resemble that of a [[dinosaur]]. An eroded [[osteoderm]] also associated with the specimen provides further evidence for its classification as a crocodilian.<ref>C. C. Mook (1921). ''Brachygnathosuchus braziliensis'', a new fossil crocodilian from Brazil. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' '''44''':43-49</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97272 ''Brachygnathosuchus''] in the [[Paleobiology Database]]<br />
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[[Category:Pliocene crocodylomorphs]]<br />
[[Category:Pliocene reptiles of South America]]<br />
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