Richmond Pliosaur

The Richmond Pliosaur

The Richmond Pliosaur is 4.25m in length. It is also called
"Ievers' Crocodile" after it discoverer, Ian Ievers, who commented how its head resembled that of a "freshie" (the
Johnson River crocodile). Both species caught and ate fish so
both have slender, long, snouts and outward sloping, inter- locking teeth. The long snouts, paddles and other skeletal
elements prove it to be another Pliosaur, though a more
conservative species than Kronosaurus.

A recent discovery was that of a small pliosaur’s backbone and from this it was estimated the animal under 2m in length. This specimen has not yet identified due to the absence of its head, limbs, girdle bones and much of its neck. It is unlikely to be a young "Ievers' Crocodile". It is probably either one of
the small undescribed pliosaurs found in northern New South
Wales or a new species of pliosaur.

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