Burkesuchus
Burkesuchus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Computer reconstruction, with red bones corresponding to the original material | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Genus: | †Burkesuchus Novas et al., 2021 |
Species: | †B. mallingrandensis
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Binomial name | |
†Burkesuchus mallingrandensis Novas et al., 2021
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Burkesuchus (meaning "Coleman Burke's crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal neosuchians from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian)-aged Toqui Formation of southern Chile. The genus is currently represented by a single species B. mallingrandensis, named and described in 2021 on the basis of the holotype and additional referred specimens.[1]
Phylogeny[]
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Burkesuchus according to Novas et al. (2021):[1]
Mesoeucrocodylia |
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References[]
- ^ a b Novas FE, Agnolin FL, Lio GL, Rozadilla S, Suárez M, de la Cruz R, Carvalho IS, Rubilar-Rogers D, Isasi MP (2021). "New transitional fossil from late Jurassic of Chile sheds light on the origin of modern crocodiles". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): Article number 14960. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93994-z. PMC 8298593. PMID 34294766.
Categories:
- Neosuchians
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Prehistoric crocodylomorphs
- Tithonian life
- Late Jurassic crocodylomorphs
- Late Jurassic reptiles of South America
- Jurassic South America
- Jurassic Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 2021
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs
- Jurassic reptile stubs