Baru darrowi 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

Belongs to Baru according to A. M. Yates 2017

See also Willis et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Baru huberi, Baru iylwenpeny, Baru wickeni

Type specimen: NTM P8695-8, a partial skull. Its type locality is Blast Site, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Camfield Beds Formation of Australia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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