Volia athollandersoni Molnar, Worthy & Willis, 2002
Fijian Terrestrial crocodile
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Viti Levu, Fiji
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Molnar, R. E., Worthy, T. and Willis, P. M. A. (2002). An extinct Pleistocene endemic mekosuchine crocodilian from Fiji. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 612-628. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0612:AEPEMC]2.0.CO;2https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0612:AEPEMC]2.0.CO;2
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.
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
Worthy, Trevor H. and Anderson, Atholl. (2009). Results of palaeofaunal research, pp. 41-62. In: Clark, Geoffrey Richard and Anderson, Atoll (eds.). The Early Prehistory of Fiji. Terra Australis 31. Canberra: ANU E Press. 437 pp.
http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/09/small-recently-extinct-island-dwelling.html
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10132/volia-athollandersoni-fiji-land-crocodile