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Brachauchenius
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brachauchenius (meaning 'short neck') is an extinct genus of pliosaurid that lived in North America (United States) and Morocco[2] during the Late Cretaceous.
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Brachauchenius | |
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Holotype specimen of B. lucasi (USNM 4989) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Brachaucheninae |
Genus: | †Brachauchenius Williston, 1903[1] |
Type species | |
†Brachauchenius lucasi Williston, 1903[1] |
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