New transitional fossil from late Jurassic of Chile sheds light on the origin of modern crocodiles

We describe the basal mesoeucrocodylian Burkesuchus mallingrandensis nov. gen. et sp., from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Toqui Formation of southern Chile. The new taxon constitutes one of the few records of non-pelagic Jurassic crocodyliforms for the entire South American continent. Burkesuchus w...

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Autores principales: Novas, Fernando E., Agnolin, Federico L., Lio, Gabriel L., Rozadilla, Sebastián, Suárez, Manuel, de la Cruz, Rita, de Souza Carvalho, Ismar, Rubilar-Rogers, David, Isasi, Marcelo P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34294766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93994-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34294766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93994-z

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