Isisfordia

The type species, I. duncani. (named after the discoverer; former Deputy Mayor of Isisford, Ian Duncan) was 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. Later however, Hart (2020) noted that the selaslophensis holotype didn't overlap with that of AM F125553, so he retained Etheridge's species as a distinct species, I. selaslophensis, even though he raised the possibility that molnari could be synonymous with selaslophensis. The estimated body length of Isisfordia is over . == Relation to modern day crocodilians ==

s over time in advanced neosuchians (Isisfordia third from left). The discovery of the fossilized remains led paleontologists to suggest that the group including modern crocodilians first evolved 30 million years earlier than previously thought, during the Cretaceous period on the supercontinent Gondwana. A 2021 study by Rio and Mannion confirmed the placement of Isisfordia outside of Eusuchia, as the sister taxon to Paralligatoridae. == References ==