Pallimnarchus

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Pallimnarchus
Fossil range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Subfamily: Mekosuchinae
Genus: Pallimnarchus
De Vis, 1886
Species
  • P. pollens De Vis, 1886 (type)

Pallimnarchus is an extinct genus of crocodylian from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. Remains of this animal have been found in Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. It had conical teeth and serrate carinae and probably specialized in ambushing preys in shallow water.

[edit] References

  • Willis, P.M.A., Molnar, R.E, 1997, "A Review of the Plio-Pleistocene Crocodilian Genus Pallimnarchus", Proceedings and Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117: 223-242.
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