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Mekosuchus kalpokasi Mead, Steadman, Bedford, Bell & Spriggs, 2002

Vanuatu terrestrial crocodile

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: c.1,000 BC

 

Distribution

Efate Island, Vanuatu

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UF 162724

 

Referred specimens:

UF 162725
UF 162726

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Mead, J. I., Steadman, D. W., Bedford, S. H., Bell. C. J. and Spriggs, M. (2002). New extinct mekosuchine crocodile from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Copeia 2002(3): 632-641.

 

Other references:

Irwin, G., Worthy, Trevor H., Best, S., Hawkins, S., Carpenter, J. and Matararaba, S. (2011). Further Investigations at the Naigani Lapita site (VL 21/5), Fiji: Excavation, Radiocarbon Dating and Palaeofaunal Extinction. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 2: 66-78.

Petchey, Fiona, Spriggs, Matthew, Bedford, Stuart and Valentin, Frédérique. (2015). The chronology of occupation at Teouma, Vanuatu: Use of a modified chronometric hygiene protocol and Bayesian modeling to evaluate midden remains. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 4: 95-105.

Ristevski, Jorgo et al. (2023). Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia. Alcheringa. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319

http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/09/small-recently-extinct-island-dwelling.html

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10127/mekosuchus-kalpokasi

 

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