Kalthifrons aurivellensis 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

Belongs to Kalthifrons according to A. M. Yates and N. S. Pledge 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM P35062, a partial skull (Poorly preserved skull with incomplete associated lower jaws). Its type locality is Golden Fleece, Lake Palankarinna, which is in a Zanclean channel sandstone in the Tirari Formation of Australia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Golden Fleece, Lake Palankarinna

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