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