Mekosuchus kolpokasi 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:
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.
http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/09/small-recently-extinct-island-dwelling.html
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10127/mekosuchus-kalpokasi