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Science 1 July 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4298, pp. 62 - 64
DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4298.62
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Crocodile with Laterally Compressed Snout: First Find in Australia

R. E. MOLNAR 1

1 School of Anatomy, University of New South Wales, Post Office Box 1, Kensington 2033, Australia

A crocodilian skull exhibiting a high, laterally compressed snout has been found in a cave in north Queensland. No teeth are preserved, but elliptical alveoli suggest a ziphodont dentition. This is the first known occurrence of such a crocodilian in Australia and probably the most recent in the world. The specimen is not referable to any known species.

Submitted on September 7, 1976
Revised on March 18, 1977

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