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ISISFORDIA
(eye-sis-for-dee-ah)
meaning: "After the town near where the remains were discovered"
Isisfordia
Named By: Salisbury et al in 2006
Time Period: Early-Late Cretaceous, Albian-Cenomanian
Location: Australia, Queensland, Isisford - Winton Formation
Size: 1 meter long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Almost complete individual, and a second skull
Classification: | Chordata | Sauropsida | Crocodylomorpha | Eusuchia |
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Isisfordia (named after the discoverer; former Deputy Mayor of Isisford, Ian Duncan) (holotype QM F36211) is an extinct genus of crocodyliform closely related to crocodilians that lived during the Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian). Its fossils were discovered in the Winton Formation in Isisford, Queensland, Australia in the mid-1990s. Most of the animal was discovered, with the exception of the front portion of the skull. On a later expedition to the location, paleontologists discovered a complete skull which differed from the original specimen in size only.

The estimate of the length of Isisfordia is about 1.1 m (3.6 feet).

Read more about Isisfordia at Wikipedia
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