{"id":693,"date":"2023-05-29T13:01:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=693"},"modified":"2023-05-29T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T04:06:08","slug":"baru-darrowi1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/reptiles\/baru-darrowi1\/","title":{"rendered":"Baru darrowi<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baru\u00a0darrowi<\/em><\/h1>\n

Baru<\/em> darrowi <\/em>is an extinct species of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian. The largest known species of Baru<\/em>,\u00a0B. darrowi<\/em> grew to at least 4 metres long.<\/p>\n

Baru darrowi<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

Check the bottom of this page for more Baru darrowi<\/em> specimens.<\/p>\n

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Specimen number:<\/strong>NTM P8695-8
\nSpecimen significance: <\/strong>Holotype
\nGeological age: <\/strong>Miocene
\nLocality\/site: <\/strong>Blast Site, Bullock Creek
\nState\/territory: <\/strong>Northern Territory[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”689″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes”][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”694″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Skeletal element:<\/strong> cranium (midline)<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Skeletal element:<\/strong> cranium (right)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjIzYjY1OTY2LWYxNjAtNDAyNi05NDk1LTQxZGY4N2RjOTQyMSUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjNkMTlmN2I5LTQ1MDAtNDhjMC04OGYzLWNjMzBmNTE2YTAyMCUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]View more cranial elements from the Baru darrowi<\/em> Holotype<\/a><\/p>\n

View the humerus of Baru darrowi<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Willis, P. M. A., P. F. Murray, D. Megirian (1990). Baru darrowi<\/em> gen. et sp. nov., a large, broad-snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from mid-Tertiary freshwater limestones in Northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum<\/em>, 29: 521\u2013540.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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