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Mekosuchinae
Taxonomy
Mekosuchinae was named by Balouet and Buffetaut (1987). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Mekosuchinae by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Rio and Mannion (2021) and Ristevski et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Molnar et al. (2002); and to Crocodyloidea by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Rio and Mannion (2021) and Ristevski et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Mekosuchinae by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Rio and Mannion (2021) and Ristevski et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Crocodylidae by Molnar et al. (2002); and to Crocodyloidea by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Rio and Mannion (2021) and Ristevski et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Mekosuchinae Balouet and Buffetaut |
| 1996 | Mekosuchinae Salisbury and Willis |
| 2002 | Mekosuchinae Molnar et al. p. 613 |
| 2021 | Mekosuchinae Rio and Mannion |
| 2022 | Mekosuchinae 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.
Unr. †Mekosuchinae Balouet and Buffetaut 1987
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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
Tr. †Mekosuchini
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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
†Mekosuchus whitehunterensis Willis 1997
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
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 | |||||
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Australia (Queensland) | Kambara murgonensis, Kambara implexidens (59088) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Queensland) | Kambara molnari (143207) Kambara taraina (143208) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Australosuchus clarkae (28194 51412 143343) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Baru wickeni (182619) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Queensland) | Baru darrowi (143358) Baru wickeni (186359 186362) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Australosuchus clarkae (135688) | |
| Chattian | Australia (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 Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Mekosuchus whitehunterensis (181310) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Trilophosuchus rackhami, Mekosuchinae indet., Mekosuchus sanderi, Baru sp. (92641) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Baru darrowi (143359) Baru darrowi, Quinkana timara (92839) Quinkana timara (153738) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Baru iylwenpeny (231878) Baru n. sp. (135707) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Paludirex sp. nov., Pallimnarchus pollens (13318) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | Kalthifrons aurivellensis (182671) Sebecosuchia indet. (144588) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Quinkana babarra (143209) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pallimnarchus gracilis (138404) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Crocodylus porosus (135917) Pallimnarchus gracilis (144178 144180) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Quinkana sp. (136511) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Crocodylia indet. (135911 144585) Pallimnarchus gracilis (144179) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Crocodylinae indet. (143748) Quinkana sp. (28422 210197 210198 210199) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Fiji | Volia athollandersoni (26129) | |
| Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate Island) | Mekosuchus kalpokasi (143524) | |
| Holocene | Fiji | Volia athollandersoni (27077) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Mekosuchus inexpectatus (13221 23115 193988 193989 193990) |