Boverisuchus

Boverisuchus
Temporal range: Eocene,
Restored B. magnifrons skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Planocraniidae
Genus: Boverisuchus
Kuhn, 1938
Type species
Boverisuchus magnifrons
Kuhn, 1938
Species
  • B. magnifrons Kuhn, 1938 (type)
  • B. vorax (Troxell, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Crocodylus vorax Troxell, 1925
  • Pristichampsus vorax (Troxell, 1925) Langston, 1975
  • Weigeltisuchus Kuhn, 1938
  • Weigeltisuchus geiseltalensis Kuhn, 1938

Boverisuchus is an extinct genus of planocraniid crocodyliforms known from the early to middle Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian stages) of Germany and western North America. It was a relatively small crocodyliform with an estimated total length of approximately 2.2–3.6 metres (7.2–11.8 ft).