Baru darrowi

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: †Baru
Species: †Baru darrowi

Name

Baru darrowi Willis, 1990: 522

• Holotype: NTM P8695-8, nearly complete cranium missing the skull roof (frontals, parietals, postorbitals and squamosals) and basicranium posterior to the orbits.
• Type locality: “Blast Site, Camfield Beds, located ‘16 miles southeast of Camfield Homestead in north central Northern Territory’”.

References

Primary references

• Willis, P.M.A. 1990. Baru darrowi gen. et sp. nov., a large broad‐snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from mid‐Tertiary freshwater limestones in northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(2): 521–540. BHL Reference page.