
Publications
ORCiD ID: 0009-0009-6489-9426
Papers
Burch H., Eddins H-M., Stocker M., Kligman B., Marsh A., Parker W., Nesbitt S. (2024). A small venomous reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States. PeerJ 12:e18279 DOI 10.7717/peerj.18279
Marsh, A. D., Schubul, A. N., Dalton, A. S., Burch, H. E., & Wagner, D. E. (2026). Postosuchus supernova: a new specimen of Postosuchus cf. P. kirkpatricki from Petrified Forest National Park. Lithodendron, 3, 101-120. https://doi.org/10.69575/SBEP1712
Abstracts
Burch, H., Stocker, M., Dineen, A., Foffa, D,. Kryder, S., Keeble, E., Kligman, B., Marsh, A., Parker, W.,
Nesbitt, S. “Composition, trophic interactions, and community structure of a diverse Upper Triassic microvertebrate assemblage from the Chinle Formation of northeastern Arizona, USA”. Invited presenter at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Birmingham, U.K., November 14, 2025.
Kryder, S., Burch, H., Stocker, M., Nesbitt, S. The microscopic past: using rarefaction analysis to optimize the
processing of sediment from Late Triassic microvertebrate sites. Poster given at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Birmingham, U.K., November 14, 2025.
Herrera, E., Robbins, A., Kordbacheh, A., Chaib, E., Reyes, D., Rojo, M., Burch, H., Ordonez, J., Walsh, E.
“Do Rates of Genetic Divergence Differ Between Gnesiotrocha and Pseudotrocha?” Poster given at XVII Rotifer Symposium, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2025.
Kryder, S., Burch, H., Nesbitt, S. “Microscopic Past: Evaluating Sediment Processing of Late Triassic
Microvertebrate Sites” Poster given at Virginia Tech Graduate Student Research Symposium, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 4, 2025.
Burch, H., Foffa, D., Nesbitt, S. “Pulling Teeth: Using teeth from microvertebrate fossil localities to determine
a body size, a functional trait for community analysis” Poster presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 1, 2024.
Burch, H., Foffa, D., Nesbitt, S.“Making the most of the little things: Modeling correlations between crown height and body mass for determination of a functional trait from microfossils” Presentation given at the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, August 31, 2024.
Burch, H., Nesbitt, S., "A Toxic Individual: A potentially venomous lizard-like reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States" Presentation given at Virginia Tech Graduate Student Research Symposium, Blacksburg, Virginia, March 22, 2024
Burch, H., Eddins, H., Stocker, M., Nesbitt, S., “A potentially venomous lizard-like reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States” Presentation given at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 21, 2023
Burch, H., Nesbitt, S., “Teeth to Tons: Body Mass Estimations for Extinct Reptiles from Isolated Teeth” Presentation given at Virginia Tech Graduate Student Research Symposium, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 23, 2023
Burch, H., “Investigation of Possible Cryptic Species within a Freshwater Predator (Rotifera: Cupelopagis vorax),” NSF REU poster presented at: COURI Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019.
Burch, H., “It’s Just Human Nature: Complicating the Binary of Natural vs. Man-made in Ex Machina,” Honors paper selected for oral presentation at: University of Southern California 22nd Annual Thematic Option Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 18, 2019.