Australosuchus
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Australosuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of crocodylian belonging to the subfamily Mekosuchinae. The type and only known species Australosuchus clarkae lived during the Late Oligocene and the E
Australosuchus
Distribution of Baru wickeni compared to that of Australosuchus.
Mekosuchinae
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Mekosuchinae is an extinct clade of crocodilians from the Cenozoic of Australasia. They represented the dominant group of crocodilians in the region during most of the Cenozoic, first appearing in the
Australosuchus
…Australosuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of crocodylian belonging to the subfamily Mekosuchinae. The type and only known species Australosuchus clarkae lived during the Late Oligocene and the Early Miocene in the Lake Eyre Basin of South Australia…
Geoff Vincent's specimen was instrumental in the redescription of Pallimnarchus as Paludirex.
The as of yet unnamed "Darling Downs taxon".
Though the origins of Mekosuchinae is unclear, they were unrelated to the Mesozoic crocodylomorphs of Australia like Isisfordia.
The earliest mekosuchines were likely generalists similar to Kambara.