Pallimnarchus
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| Pallimnarchus Fossil range: Pliocene - Pleistocene |
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Pallimnarchus is an extinct genus of mekosuchine crocodylian from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. Remains of this animal have been found in Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. It had conical teeth with serrate carinae, and probably specialized in ambushing preys in shallow water. The word Pallimnarchus should come from a crasis of Pan, Limnos and Archon, which together mean "ruler of all the swamps".
[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.
