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Baru
Taxonomy
Baru was named by Willis et al. (1990). Its type is Baru darrowi.
It was assigned to Crocodylinae by Willis et al. (1990) and Willis (1993); to Mekosuchinae by Willis et al. (1993); to Mekosuchinae by Yates (2017) and Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Mekosuchini by Molnar et al. (2002), Ristevski et al. (2022) and Yates et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Crocodylinae by Willis et al. (1990) and Willis (1993); to Mekosuchinae by Willis et al. (1993); to Mekosuchinae by Yates (2017) and Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Mekosuchini by Molnar et al. (2002), Ristevski et al. (2022) and Yates et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Baru Willis et al. |
| 1993 | Baru Willis p. 96 |
| 1993 | Baru Willis et al. |
| 2002 | Baru Molnar et al. p. 624 |
| 2017 | Baru Yates |
| 2021 | Baru Rio and Mannion |
| 2022 | Baru Ristevski et al. |
| 2023 | Baru Yates 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. †Baru Willis et al. 1990
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†Baru darrowi Willis et al. 1990
†Baru huberi Willis 1997
†Baru iylwenpeny Yates et al. 2023
†Baru wickeni Willis 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 28.10000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Queensland) | B. darrowi (143358) B. wickeni (186359 186362) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | B. wickeni (182619) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | B. darrowi, B. wickeni (143470) B. huberi, B. wickeni (135706) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | B. sp. (92641) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | B. darrowi (92839 143359) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | B. iylwenpeny (231878) B. n. sp. (135707) |