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Mekosuchinae

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Mekosuchinae Balouet and Buffetaut
1996Mekosuchinae Salisbury and Willis
2002Mekosuchinae Molnar et al. p. 613
2021Mekosuchinae Rio and Mannion
2022Mekosuchinae Ristevski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Mekosuchinae()
—Mekosuchinae()

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.

Unr. †Mekosuchinae Balouet and Buffetaut 1987
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G. †Australosuchus Willis and Molnar 1991
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†Australosuchus clarkae Willis and Molnar 1991
G. †Kalthifrons Yates and Pledge 2017
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†Kalthifrons aurivellensis Yates and Pledge 2017
G. †Kambara Willis et al. 1993
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†Kambara implexidens Salisbury and Willis 1996
†Kambara molnari Holt et al. 2005
†Kambara murgonensis Willis et al. 1993
†Kambara taraina Buchanan 2009
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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
G. †Mekosuchus Balouet and Buffetaut 1987
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†Mekosuchus inexpectatus Balouet and Buffetaut 1987
†Mekosuchus kalpokasi Mead et al. 2002
†Mekosuchus sanderi Willis 2001
G. †Paludirex Ristevski et al. 2020
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†Paludirex gracilis Willis and Molnar 1997
†Paludirex vincenti Ristevski et al. 2020
G. †Quinkana Molnar 1982
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†Quinkana babarra Willis and Mackness 1996
†Quinkana fortirostrum Molnar 1982
†Quinkana meboldi Willis 1997
†Quinkana timara Megirian 1994
G. †Trilophosuchus Willis 1993
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†Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis 1993
G. †Volia Molnar et al. 2002
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†Volia athollandersoni Molnar et al. 2002
G. †Ultrastenos Stein et al. 2016
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†Ultrastenos willisi Stein et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Australia (Queensland) Kambara murgonensis, Kambara implexidens (59088)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Australia (Queensland) Kambara molnari (143207) Kambara taraina (143208)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Australosuchus clarkae (28194 51412 143343)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Queensland) Baru darrowi (143358) Baru wickeni (186359 186362)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Northern Territory) Baru wickeni (182619)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Australosuchus clarkae (135688)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Queensland) Baru darrowi, Baru wickeni, Ultrastenos willisi (143470) Mekosuchus whitehunterensis (181309) Mekosuchus whitehunterensis, Quinkana meboldi, Baru huberi, Baru wickeni, Crocodylia White Hunter cranial form 1 (135706) Trilophosuchus sp., Mekosuchus whitehunterensis (134945)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Mekosuchus whitehunterensis (181310)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Trilophosuchus rackhami, Mekosuchinae indet., Mekosuchus sanderi, Baru sp. (92641)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Northern Territory) Baru darrowi (143359) Baru darrowi, Quinkana timara (92839) Quinkana timara (153738)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) Baru iylwenpeny (231878) Baru n. sp. (135707)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Paludirex sp. nov., Pallimnarchus pollens (13318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Quinkana babarra (143209)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Kalthifrons aurivellensis (182671) Sebecosuchia indet. (144588)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (Queensland) Pallimnarchus gracilis (138404)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus porosus (135917) Pallimnarchus gracilis (144178 144180)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Crocodylia indet. (135911 144585) Pallimnarchus gracilis (144179)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Quinkana sp. (136511)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Crocodylinae indet. (143748) Quinkana sp. (28422 210197 210198 210199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Fiji Volia athollandersoni (26129)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Mekosuchus inexpectatus (13221 23115 193988 193989 193990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate Island) Mekosuchus kalpokasi (143524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Fiji Volia athollandersoni (27077)