Paludirex vincenti Ristevski et al. 2020 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: J. Ristevski, A. M. Yates, G. J. Price, R. E. Molnar, V. Weisbecker and S. W. Salisbury. 2020. Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ 8:e10466:1-98

Belongs to Paludirex according to J. Ristevski et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Paludirex gracilis

Type specimen: CMC2019-010 + QMF59017, a partial skull. Its type locality is Chinchilla Riffle Range, which is in a Pliocene alluvial fan sandstone/claystone in the Chinchilla Sand Formation of Australia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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