Baru Willis et al. 1990 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: P. Willis, P. Murray, and D. Megirian. 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

Parent taxon: Mekosuchini according to A. M. Yates et al. 2023

See also Molnar et al. 2002, Rio and Mannion 2021, Ristevski et al. 2022, Willis 1993, Willis et al. 1993, Willis et al. 1990 and Yates 2017

Sister taxa: Mekosuchus, Paludirex, Quinkana, Trilophosuchus, Volia

Subtaxa: Baru darrowi Baru huberi Baru iylwenpeny Baru wickeni

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Type: Baru darrowi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (5 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (6)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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