Baru

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Baru is also a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania, see Baru, Hunedoara and the shrub Dipteryx alata.
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Fossil range: Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Subfamily: Mekosuchinae
Genus: Baru
Species
  • B. darrowi
  • B. huberi
  • B. wickeni

Baru was an extinct genus of Australian mekosuchine crocodylian. It was semi-aquatic, around 4 m (13 ft) in length. Being semi-aquatic its habitat was around fresh pools of water in wet forests, ambushing their prey, much like modern species.

Fossils have been found in Australia at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland and Alcoota Station it the Northern Territory.

[edit] Species

There is currently three valid species within the genus Baru. The type species B. darrowi is known from the Middle Miocene of the Northern Territory and is the largest reaching size of 4-5 m in length, whilst two older species, B. huberi and B. wickeni are known from the Late Oligocene of Queensland.

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