A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia

2024/01/01 by Adam M. Yates, Michael Stein · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies

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Abstract

Yates, Adam M., Stein, Michael (2024): A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica (a22) 27 (1): 1-36, DOI: 10.26879/1355, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1355

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• When you actually look at the material it's almost a no-brainer that they are from a single individual, but stuff like this is what makes the research history fun. doi.org/10.26879/1355 [bsky, 7 points, 1 comments]

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