Baru darrowi

Baru darrowi is an extinct species of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian. The largest known species of Baru, B. darrowi grew to at least 4 metres long.

Baru darrowi is also the largest of the four crocodile species found in the Bullock Creek Local Fauna, northwestern Northern Territory. This crocodile was a large-prey specialist, with a particularly large, muscular head and enormous canine-like teeth. It hunted in meandering rivers across northern Australia during the Miocene epoch.

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Specimen number:NTM P8695-8
Specimen significance: Holotype
Geological age:
Miocene
Locality/site: Blast Site, Bullock Creek
State/territory:
Northern Territory

Cranium of Baru darrowi
Cranium of NTM P8695-8, Holotype of Baru Darrowi
Right cranium of NTM P8695-8, Holotype of Baru Darrowi
Right cranium of NTM P8695-8, Holotype of Baru Darrowi

Skeletal element: cranium (midline)

Skeletal element: cranium (right)

Willis, P. M. A., P. F. Murray, D. Megirian (1990). Baru darrowi gen. et sp. nov., a large, broad-snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from mid-Tertiary freshwater limestones in Northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 29: 521–540.