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)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Molnar, R. 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
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.