Name:
Brochuchus
(Brochu’s crocodile).
Phonetic: Bro-chu-su-kus.
Named By: J. L. Conrad, K. Jenkins, T.
Lehmann, F. K. Manthi, D. J. Peppe, S. Nightingale,
A. Cossette, H. M. Dunsworth, W. E. H. Harcourt-Smith
and K. P. Mcnulty - 2013.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodilia,
Crocodylidae, Crocodylinae.
Species: B. pigotti (type),
B. parvidens.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: B. pigotti roughly
estimated at about 1.8
meters long, maybe slightly larger.
Known locations: Kenya, Lake Victoria, Rusinga
Island - Hiwegi Formation. Saudi Arabia - Dam Formation.
Time period: Early Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial remains.
Brochuchus
is a genus of crocodile
that lived in Africa during the Miocene. The
genus Brochuchus was named after Christopher A.
Brochu in
recognition for his work on cocodylians and associated animals.
Further reading
- New specimens of ‘Crocodylus’ pigotti
(Crocodylidae) from
Rusinga Island, Kenya, and generic reallocation of the species.
- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):629-646. - J.
L. Conrad, K. Jenkins, T. Lehmann, F. K. Manthi, D.
J. Peppe, S. Nightingale, A. Cossette, H. M.
Dunsworth, W. E. H. Harcourt-Smith and K. P. Mcnulty -
2013.
- A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of
crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa. - Journal
of Paleontology. - Adam P. Cossette, Amanda J. Adams,
Stephanie K. Drumheller, Jennifer H. Nestler, Brenda R.
Benefit, Monte L. McCrossin, Frederick K. Manthi, Rose
Nyaboke Juma & Christopher A. Brochu - 2020.