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Quinkana fortirostrum Molnar, 1981

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene (c.38,000 BC?)

 

Distribution

Queensland, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AM F.57844 ("a cranial rostrum lacking anterior end and teeth" [Molnar, 1981])

Type locality: Tea Tree Cave, near Chillagoe, north Queensland

 

Possibly referable material:

QM F7898 ("Quinkana sp.")
QM F1152
QMF 57032 ("Quinkana sp.") (Sobbe et al. 2013)
AMF2876 ("Quinkana sp.") (Molnar, 1981)

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Molnar, Ralph E. (1981). Pleistocene ziphodont crocodilians of Queensland. Rec. Aust. Mus. 33(19): 803-834.

 

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

Molnar, Ralph E. (1985). Quinkana fortirostrum Molnar, 1981: The Quinkan, pp. 160-165. In: Vickers-Rich, Patricia and van Tets, Gerard Frederick. (eds.). Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia. Lilydale, Victoria: Pioneer Design Studio. 284 pp.

Ristevski, Jorgo et al. (2023). Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia. Alcheringa. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319

Roberts, Richard G, Flannery, Timothy F., Ayliffe, Linda, Yoshida, Hiroyuki, Olley, Jon M., Prideaux, Gavin J., Laslett, Geoff M., Baynes, Alexander, Smith, M. A., Jones, Rhys I. and Smith, Barton L. (2001). New ages for the last Australian megafauna: Continent-wide extinction about 46,000 years ago. Science 292(5523): 1888-1892. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1060264

Sobbe, Ian H., Price, Gilbert J. and Knezour, Robert A. (2013). A ziphodont crocodile from the late Pleistocene King Creek catchment, Darling Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(2): 601-606. [automatic download]

Willis, P. M. A. and Molnar, R. 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.

 

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