Brachycrus

Taxobox
name = "Brachycrus"

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image_caption = "Brachycrus laticeps"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Early to Mid Miocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = †Merycoidodontidae
subfamilia = †Merycochoerinae
genus = †"Brachycrus"
genus_authority = (Matthew, 1901)
type_species = †"Brachycrus rusticus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"B. buwaldi"
* †"B. laticeps"
* †"B. rusticus"
* †"B. siouense"
* †"B. sweetwaterensis"
* †"B. vaughani"
synonyms =
* "Pronomotherium" Douglass, 1907

"Brachycrus" is an extinct genus of oreodont artiodactyl.

The 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long creature resembled its bigger, earlier relative "Merycoidodon", but was more specialized. "Brachycrus"'s jaws were short, and because the nostrils were placed far to the back the creature is presumed to have a tapir-like proboscis.