Thoracosaurus brevispinus Cope 1867

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Alternative combinations: Holops brevispinis, Holops brevispinus

Belongs to Thoracosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1869, Cope 1869, Hay 1902 and Troxell 1925

Sister taxa: Thoracosaurus borissiaki, Thoracosaurus isorhynchus, Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus, Thoracosaurus neocesariensis, Holops glyptodon, Holops cordatus, Holops pneumaticus

Distribution: found only at Burlington County 'greensand' (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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