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New Extinct Mekosuchine Crocodile from Vanuatu, South Pacific

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2002

Authors

Mead, Jim
Steadman, David
Bedford, Stuart
Bell, Christopher
Spriggs, Matthew

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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Abstract

We describe a new species of crocodile (Reptilia: Crocodyloidea: Mekosuchinae) from a maxilla recovered at the Arapus archaeological site, on the island of Efate, Vanuatu, South Pacific. As with mekosuchine species in New Caledonia and Fiji, Mekosuchus ka

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Keywords: crocodilian; fossil; new species; Vanuatu; Crocodyloidea; Mekosuchus kalpokasi; Reptilia

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72243

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Open Access Research

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Copeia

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Journal article

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2037-12-31

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