I just had to buy this piece (artist: Elizabeth Dixon) which features a Dromornis bone and the skull of the new species of Baru which I am so close to naming imminently (publication just weeks away). 2/2

#Mekosuchinae #Baru #AboriginalArt #EngawalaArtCentre

Unsolicited taxonomic opinion: Whatever Pallimnarchus may be, it is NOT Paludirex

#taxonomy #Crocodylia #Mekosuchinae

These are fossils that I have to force myself not to spend time with. That is until I get some other major papers finished and out the door. Then I can look at these. They are yet another new species of Baru, an Australian crocodile, and are the geologically oldest one known.
#FossilFriday #Mekosuchinae #crocodile

My first #FossilFriday in quite a while. Here is a lovely jaw bone (dentary) from a wee little mekosuchine crocodile that we found in during the 2018 trip to Bullock Creek. When we found it, it a had been split down the middle, lengthways, by a blow from a sledge hammer. After acid preparation the two halves went back together perfectly.

#Crocodile #Mekosuchinae #Miocene