Paludirex gracilis (Willis & Molnar, 1997)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pallimnarchus gracilis Willis & Molnar, 1997 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Ristevski et al., 2020)
Distribution
eastern Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Willis, P. M. A. and Molnar, Ralph E. (1997). Identification of large reptilian teeth from Plio-Pleistocene deposits of Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 130(3-4): 79-92.
Other references:
Dodson, John et al. (1993). Humans and megafauna in a late Pleistocene environment from Cuddie Springs, north western New South Wales. Archaeology in Oceania 28(2): 94-99.
Hocknull, Scott A. et al. (2020). Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration. Nature Communications 11: 2250. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w
Ristevski J, Yates AM, Price GJ, Molnar RE, Weisbecker V, Salisbury SW. (2020). Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ 8:e10466 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10466
Sobbe IH, Price GJ, Knezour RA. 2013. A ziphodont crocodile from the late Pleistocene King Creek catchment, Darling Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum-Nature 56(2):601-606