Australosuchus clarkae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: †Mekosuchinae
Genus: †Australosuchus
Species: †Australosuchus clarkae

Name

Australosuchus clarkae Willis & Molnar, 1991: 40

• Holotype: QM F16788, an almost complete skull and mandible, incomplete cervical and dorsal vertebrae, scapula, humerus and dermal armour, collected by Michael Archer in 1975.
• Type locality: “An unnamed site from the base of the eastern end of the bluff that yielded the Tedford Local Fauna and Tedford East Local Fauna, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia”.

References

Primary references

• Willis, P.M.A. & Molnar, R.E. 1991. A new middle Tertiary crocodile from Lake Palankarinna, South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 25(1): 39–55. BHL Reference page.