Crocodile with Laterally Compressed Snout: First Find in Australia
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4298) , 62-64
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.197.4298.62
Abstract
A crocodilian skull exhibiting a high, laterally compressed snout has been found in a cave in north Queensland. No teeth are preserved, but elliptical alveoli suggest a ziphodont dentition. This is the first known occurrence of such a crocodilian in Australia and probably the most recent in the world. The specimen is not referable to any known species.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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