Quinkana babarra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Cladus: Crocodylomorpha Cladus: Solidocrania Cladus: Crocodyliformes Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Metasuchia Cladus: Neosuchia Cladus: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: †Mekosuchinae
Genus: Quinkana
Species: †Quinkana babarra

Name

Quinkana babarra Willis & Mackness, 1996: 146

• Holotype: QM F23220, a partial right maxilla and associated fragments collected by Brian Mackness and colleagues in 1991.
• Type locality: “Dick’s Mother Lode Quarry, Allingham Formation (Lat. 19°42′67″S, Long. 145°36′06″ E), Bluff Downs Station, northeastern Queensland”.

References

Primary references

• Wiilis, P.M.A. & Mackness, B.S. 1996. Quinkana babarra, a new species of ziphodont mekosuchine crocodile from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs local fauna, northern Australia with a revision of the genus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 116: 143–151. BHL Reference page.