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Ikanogavialis papuensis De Vis, 1905

Murua gharial

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Gavialis papuensis De Vis, 1905

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene

 

Distribution

Murua (=Woodlark =Muruya), Solomon Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Holmes, Branden. (2021). What's Lost and What Remains: The Sixth Extinction in 100 Accounts (eBook). Self published.

Molnar, Ralph E. (1982). A longirostrine crocodilian from Murua (Woodlark), Solomon Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(3): 675-685. [Abstract]

Rauhe, M., Frey, E., Pemberton, D. S. and Rossmann, T. (1999). Fossil crocodilians from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: osteology and palaeoecology, pp. 163-185. In: Whybrow, P. J. and Hill, A. (eds.). Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia New Haven. Yale University Press.

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://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/05/14/more-recently-extinct-crocs/

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21419/ikanogavialis-papuensis

 

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