{"id":831,"date":"2023-05-30T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T02:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=831"},"modified":"2023-05-30T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T02:28:41","slug":"kalthifrons-awrivellensis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/reptiles\/kalthifrons-awrivellensis\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Kalthifrons awrivellensis<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><em>Kalthifrons awrivellensis<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>An early Pliocene Mekosuchine crocodile and the only memeber of its genus. <em>Kalthifrons awrivellensis<\/em> has a sub-triangular skull with a dorsoventrally flattened platyrostral snout. It has been hypothesised that its extinction was due to competitive exclusion with <em>Crocodylus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P35062<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Pliocene<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Golden Fleece Quarry, Lake Palankarinna[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;834&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;835&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Cranium[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> mandible (left)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjA0ODhhMTRkLWMxM2UtNDc4My1iZjEyLTJhNzZlYmIwYTUwZCUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRmFiNzEyNjhjLWQzZWUtNGNhNy04NWIxLTk3MTYwNzI4YWE1MiUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ristevski, J., Willis, P. M., Yates, A. M., White, M. A., Hart, L. J., Stein, M. D., &#8230; &amp; Salisbury, S. W. (2023). Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia.\u00a0<i>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology<\/i>, 1-46.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Kalthifrons awrivellensis An early Pliocene Mekosuchine crocodile and the only memeber of its genus. Kalthifrons awrivellensis has a sub-triangular skull with a dorsoventrally flattened platyrostral snout. It has been hypothesised that its extinction was due to competitive exclusion with Crocodylus. Specimen number: SAMA P35062 Geological age: Pliocene State\/territory: South Australia Locality\/site: Golden Fleece [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/831\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}