Kalthifrons Yates and Pledge 2017 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: A. M. Yates and N. S. Pledge. 2017. A Pliocene mekosuchine (Eusuchia: Crocodilia) from the Lake Eyre Basin of South Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1244540:1-15

Parent taxon: Mekosuchinae according to J. Ristevski et al. 2022

See also Yates and Pledge 2017

Sister taxa: Australosuchus, Kambara, Mekosuchini, Ultrastenos

Subtaxa: Kalthifrons aurivellensis

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Type: Kalthifrons aurivellensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Golden Fleece, Lake Palankarinna (Pliocene of Australia)

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