堪芭拉鱷屬(學名:Kambara)是鱷目鱷科馬氏鱷亞科動物的一個屬,生活在今日的澳洲,現已滅絕。化石紀錄顯示牠們最初於始新世時今日澳洲出現,並一直生存至漸新世[1]。
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在大約4.8千萬年前的第三紀,本屬物種遺骸的化石在澳大利亞發現。近年亦有在白堊紀地層出現的化石,比原來的年期要遠兩倍,但仍有待研究確認。堪芭拉鱷屬是馬氏鱷亞科各屬物種當中年代最久遠、多樣性最高的一個分類單元。本屬的學名源自原住民對「鱷魚」的稱呼。
- †K. murgonensis Willis et al., 1993 (模式種)
- †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 (英語).
- 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.