Pallimnarchus
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| Pallimnarchus Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Subfamily: | † Mekosuchinae |
| Genus: | Pallimnarchus De Vis, 1886 |
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Pallimnarchus is a genus extinct mekosuchine crocodylian from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. Remains of this animal have been found in the Riversleigh lagerstätte of northwestern Queensland. It was medium-sized, up to 5 meters long.[1] It had conical teeth with serrate carinae, and an extremely broad snout, features that probably allowed it to specialize in ambushing preys in shallow water.
[edit] Etymology
The generic name, Pallimnarchus, is derived from a crasis compound word of Pan, Limnos and Archon, which together mean "ruler of all the swamps".
[edit] References
- ^ Molnar, Ralph E. (2004). Dragons in the dust: the paleobiology of the giant monitor lizard Megalania. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 172. ISBN 0253343747.
- 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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