Pallimnarchus

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Pallimnarchus Fossil range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Subfamily: Mekosuchinae Genus: Pallimnarchus De Vis, 1886
Species
P. pollens De Vis, 1886 (type)

Pallimnarchus is an extinct genus of crocodylian from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. Remains of this animal have been found in Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. It had conical teeth and serrate carinae and probably specialized in ambushing preys in shallow water.

[edit] References

• Willis, P.M.A., Molnar, R.E, 1997, "A Review of the Plio-Pleistocene Crocodilian Genus Pallimnarchus", Proceedings and Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117: 223-242.