Baru darrowi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Crocodyloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Cladus: Crocodylomorpha Cladus: Solidocrania Cladus: Crocodyliformes Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Metasuchia Cladus: Neosuchia Cladus: Eusuchia Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Longirostres Superfamilia: Crocodyloidea

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: †Mekosuchinae
Genus: †Baru
Species: †Baru darrowi

Name

Baru darrowi Willis, 1990: 522

• Holotype: NTM P8695-8, nearly complete cranium missing the skull roof (frontals, parietals, postorbitals and squamosals) and basicranium posterior to the orbits.
• Type locality: “Blast Site, Camfield Beds, located ‘16 miles southeast of Camfield Homestead in north central Northern Territory’”.

References

Primary references

• Willis, P.M.A. 1990. Baru darrowi gen. et sp. nov., a large broad‐snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from mid‐Tertiary freshwater limestones in northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(2): 521–540. BHL Reference page.