Full reference: J.-C. Balouet and E. Buffetaut. 1987. Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n. g., n. sp., Crocodilien nouveau de l'Holocene de Nouvelle Caledonie [Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n.g., n.sp., a new Holocene crocodilian from New Caledonia]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie II 304(14):853-856
Parent taxon: Crocodyloidea according to J. Ristevski et al. 2022
See also Molnar et al. 2002, Rio and Mannion 2021 and Salisbury and Willis 1996
Sister taxa: Antecrocodylus, Asiatosuchus, Astorgosuchus, Brachyuranochampsa, Brasilosuchus, Crocodylidae, Crocodylus greenwoodi, Pallimnarchus, Pallimnarchus pollens, Qianshanosuchus
Subtaxa: Australosuchus Kalthifrons Kambara Mekosuchini Ultrastenos
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections), Fiji (3), New Caledonia (5), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (3)
• Pliocene of Australia (5), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Australia (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (13)
• Eocene of Australia (3)
Total: 52 collections including 61 occurrences