Mekosuchus whitehunterensis Willis 1997 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: P. M. A. Willis. 1997. New crocodilians from the late Oligocene White Hunter Site, Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(2):423-438

Belongs to Mekosuchus according to P. M. A. Willis 1997

Sister taxa: Mekosuchus inexpectatus, Mekosuchus kalpokasi, Mekosuchus sanderi

Type specimen: QM F31051, a maxilla (Right maxilla). Its type locality is White Hunter Site, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Carl Creek Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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