Australosuchus clarkae (lat.) Is a species of extinct reptiles from the subfamily Mekosuchinae of the family of true crocodiles (Crocodylidae). A typical and only species of the genus Australosuchus [1] , whose name translates as "southern crocodile".
| † Australosuchus clarkae |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Archosauromorphs |
| No rank : | Archosauriformes |
| Squadron : | Crocodilomorphs |
| Superfamily : | Crocodyloidea |
| Subfamily : | † Mekosuchinae |
| Gender: | † Australosuchus Willis & Molnar, 1991 |
| View: | † Australosuchus clarkae |
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Australosuchus clarkae
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The species was described in 1991 by the holotype QM F16788, an incomplete skeleton consisting of an almost complete skull and jaw, a part of the cervical and thoracic spine, scapula, humerus and skin carapace, which was found in Lake Palankarna in South Australia [2] .
According to dating of fossil remains, Australosuchus clarkae lived in the Upper Oligocene – Middle Miocene ( 28.4–11.6 Ma ago) [3] .