Bromsgroveia

Bromsgroveia is an extinct genus of predatory ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Bromsgrove Sandstone of England.

Ctenosauriscids were a group of rauisuchians that was related to the ancestors of modern crocodiles and alligators.

The ctenosauriscids were closely related to the poposaurids, as shown by a few shared derived characteristics.

[2] The pelvic girdle in Bromsgroveia unites this taxon with Ctenosauriscus, Lotosaurus, Arizonasaurus, and Hypselorhachus.

[3] Below is a phylogenetic cladogram simplified from Butler et al. in 2011 showing the cladistics of Archosauriformes, focusing mostly on Pseudosuchia:[4] Qianosuchus Arizonasaurus Xilousuchus Hypselorhachis Ctenosauriscus Bromsgroveia Waldhaus Taxon Poposaurus gracilis H Poposaurus gracilis Y Lotosaurus Sillosuchus Shuvosaurus Effigia

Bromsgroveia (1-3, 16-17) and mastodonsaurid fossils, 1842