Pallimnarchus

Taxobox
name = "Pallimnarchus"
fossil_range = Pliocene - Pleistocene


image_caption = "Pallimnarchus pollens"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Crocodilia
familia = Crocodylidae
subfamilia = Mekosuchinae
genus = "Pallimnarchus"
genus_authority = De Vis, 1886
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. pollens" De Vis, 1886 (type)

"Pallimnarchus pollens" is an extinct mekosuchine crocodylian from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. Remains of this animal have been found in the Riversleigh lagerstätte of northwestern Queensland. It had conical teeth with serrate carinae, and an extremely broad snout, features that probably allowed it to specialize in ambushing preys in shallow water.

Etymology

The generic name, "Pallimnarchus", is derived from a crasis compound word of "Pan", "Limnos" and "Archon", which together mean "ruler of all the swamps".

References

*Willis, P.M.A., Molnar, R.E, 1997. A Review of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodilian genus "Pallimnarchus". "Proceedings and Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales" 117: 223-242.