堪芭拉鳄属（学名：Kambara)是鳄目鳄科马氏鳄亚科动物的一个属，生活在今日的澳洲，现已灭绝。化石纪录显示它们最初于始新世时今日澳洲出现，并一直生存至渐新世[1]。
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在大约4.8千万年前的第三纪，本属物种遗骸的化石在澳大利亚发现。近年亦有在白垩纪地层出现的化石，比原来的年期要远两倍，但仍有待研究确认。堪芭拉鳄属是马氏鳄亚科各属物种当中年代最久远、多样性最高的一个分类单元。本属的学名源自原住民对“鳄鱼”的称呼。
- †K. murgonensis Willis et al., 1993 (模式种)
- †K. implexidens Salisbury & Willis, 1996
- †K. molnari Holt et al., 2005[2]
- †K. taraina Buchanan, 2009[1]
Holt, T. R.; Salisbury, S. W.; Willis, P. M. A. A new species of mekosuchine crocodilian from the middle Palaeogene Rundle Formation, central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 2005, 50: 207–218 （英语）.
- Holt, T. R., S. W. Salisbury, T. H. Worthy, C. Sand and A. Anderson. 2007. New material of Mekosuchus inexpectatus (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) from the Quaternary of New Caledonia. CAVEPS 2007, Melbourne Australia.
- Salisbury, S. W., and P. M. A. Willis. 1996. A new crocodylian from the early Eocene of south-eastern Queensland and a preliminary investigation of the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids. Alcheringa 20: 179-226.
- Willis, P. M. A., R. E. Molnar, and J. D. Scanlon. 1993. An early Eocene crocodilian from Murgon, southeastern Queensland. Kaupia 3: 27-33.
