Burkesuchus
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]
| 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: | Pseudosuchia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Genus: | †Burkesuchus Novas et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †B. mallingrandensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Burkesuchus mallingrandensis Novas et al., 2021 | |
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Burkesuchus according to Novas et al. (2021):[1]
| Mesoeucrocodylia |
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References
- 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.
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