Baryphracta

Baryphracta Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Baryphracta deponiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Subfamily:	†Diplocynodontinae
Genus:	†Baryphracta Frey et al., 1987
Type species
†Baryphracta deponiae Frey et al., 1987

Baryphracta is an extinct genus of diplocynodontinecrocodilian. It is closely related to the genera Diplocynodon and Tadzhikosuchus.Fossils have been found from the Messel Pit near Messel, Germany, which was deposited during the Middle Eocene epoch of the Paleogene period. It was not the only crocodilian found from the pit; others include the closely related Diplocynodon as well as crocodylids such as Asiatosuchus and Allognathosuchus. In 1999, the genus was proposed to be synonymous with Diplocynodon, and a subsequent study showed that Baryphracta deponiae is nested within Diplocynodon, which validates this proposed synonymy