New extinct mekosuchine crocodile from Vanuatu, South Pacific

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2002, Pages 632-641

  Mead, Jim I ^a   Steadman, David W ^a   Bedford, Stuart H ^a   Bell, Christopher J ^a   Spriggs, Matthew ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES;

EFATE; VANUATU;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOIDEA; MEKOSUCHUS KALPOKASI; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037102571     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0632:NEMCFV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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