Quinkana

Quinkana is an extinct genus of large land crocodile that reached up to 7 meters (23 feet) in length. It lived in Australia from 24 million years ago to 40,000 years ago.

Quinkana
Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Pleistocene
Quinkana fortirostrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Crocodilia
Family:
Crocodylidae
Subfamily:
†Mekosuchinae
Genus:
†Quinkana

Molnar, 1981
Species
  • †Q. fortirostrum Molnar, 1981 (type)
  • †Q. babarra Willis & Mackness, 1996
  • †Q. timara Megirian, 1994
  • †Q. meboldi Willis, 1997


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