Amphibian
Koolasuchus
It was one of the great predators of the Australian Mesozoic, despite being an amphibian.
Koolasuchus was a large Australian predator that belonged to the amphibians.
Three stages. One companion.
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Koolasuchus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Chigutisauridae
- Chigutisaurids
- Fossil locations
- Australia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Koolasuchus
It was one of the last known temnospondyls outside of modern amphibians. It is known from cranial fragments and other bones, and its species was described in 1997.
It was one of the large predators of Mesozoic Australia, despite being an amphibian. Skull fragments and other bones record one of the last known temnospondyls. Its presence is a reminder that dinosaurs shared those ecosystems with predators from other branches of life.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Koolasuchus
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- Koolasuchus
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- Chigutisauridae
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- Temnospondyls · extinct branch
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