堪芭拉鳄属

在大約4.8千萬年前的第三紀，本屬物種遺骸的化石在澳大利亞發現。近年亦有在白垩纪地層出現的化石，比原來的年期要遠兩倍，但仍有待研究確認。堪芭拉鳄属是馬氏鱷亞科各屬物種當中年代最久遠、多樣性最高的一個分類單元。本屬的學名源自原住民對「鱷魚」的稱呼。

物種
 K. murgonensis Willis et al., 1993 (模式種)
 K. implexidens Salisbury & Willis, 1996
 K. molnari Holt et al., 2005
 K. taraina Buchanan, 2009

參考文獻

 Holt, T. R., S. W. Salisbury, T. H. Worthy, C. Sand and A. Anderson. 2007. New material of Mekosuchus inexpectatus (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) from the Quaternary of New Caledonia. CAVEPS 2007, Melbourne Australia.
 Salisbury, S. W., and P. M. A. Willis. 1996. A new crocodylian from the early Eocene of south-eastern Queensland and a preliminary investigation of the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids. Alcheringa 20: 179-226.
 Willis, P. M. A., R. E. Molnar, and J. D. Scanlon. 1993. An early Eocene crocodilian from Murgon, southeastern Queensland. Kaupia 3: 27-33.

外部連結



Category:澳洲爬行動物