A new species of Isisfordia from Lightning Ridge

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A new species of the crocodilian genus Isisfordia has been described from the Late Cretaceous Griman Creek Formation of Lightning Ridge, Australia. The new species has been given the species name I. molnari, with the species name originating from Ralph Molnar, an Australian paleontologist who has made significant contributions to Australian vertebrate paleontology, especially in regard to the crocodillians of the Griman Creek Formation. This new species helps to expand the known diversity of crocodilians known from Mesozoic Australia, as the only other named crocodilian from this area and time interval is the type species of Isisfordia, I. duncani. Here is a reconstruction of the new species by paleoartist José Victor Silva and a link to the paper describing the new species.



Paper (open access!): https://peerj.com/articles/7166/

[Halichoeres]

I can never get enough of Mesozoic crocodiles.

[leidy]

What a wonderful and inspired piece of paleoart!