Presence of xiphodont crocodilians in the Tertiary and Pleistocene of Australia
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
- Vol. 1 (4) , 383-385
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517708527772
Abstract
The presence of two types of xiphodont crocodiles is reported for the first time from Australia. Crocodiles with this xiphoid type of tooth morphology were previously unknown anywhere in the world since the Miocene except for isolated xiphoid teeth noted by Plane (1967) from a Pliocene deposit in New Guinea.Keywords
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