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Australosuchus
Taxonomy
Australosuchus was named by Willis and Molnar (1991). Its type is Australosuchus clarkae.
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Willis and Molnar (1991); to Crocodylinae by Willis (1993) and Jouve et al. (2008); to Crocodyloidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); to Mekosuchinae by Willis et al. (1993), Molnar et al. (2002) and Stein et al. (2016); to Crocodyloidea by Martin and Buffetaut (2008) and Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Mekosuchinae by Ristevski et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Willis and Molnar (1991); to Crocodylinae by Willis (1993) and Jouve et al. (2008); to Crocodyloidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); to Mekosuchinae by Willis et al. (1993), Molnar et al. (2002) and Stein et al. (2016); to Crocodyloidea by Martin and Buffetaut (2008) and Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Mekosuchinae by Ristevski et al. (2022).
Species
A. clarkae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Australosuchus Willis and Molnar |
| 1993 | Australosuchus Willis p. 96 |
| 1993 | Australosuchus Willis et al. |
| 2002 | Australosuchus Molnar et al. p. 624 |
| 2008 | Australosuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Australosuchus Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2011 | Australosuchus Puértolas et al. |
| 2016 | Australosuchus Stein et al. |
| 2021 | Australosuchus Rio and Mannion |
| 2022 | Australosuchus Ristevski et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Australosuchus Willis and Molnar 1991
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†Australosuchus clarkae Willis and Molnar 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | A. clarkae (28194 51412 143343) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | A. clarkae (135688) |