Arapus archaeological site, Efate Island (Holocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Efate Island, Vanuatu (17.6° S, 168.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.6° S, 168.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone

• Dark, sandy layer

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1999

Primary reference: J. I. Mead, D. W. Steadman, S. H. Bedford, C. J. Bell, and M. Spriggs. 2002. New Extinct Mekosuchine Crocodile from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Copeia 2002(3):632-641 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143524: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.04.2013, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
? Meiolania damelipi White et al. 2010 turtle
a large pectoral element (a near complete scapula with partial acromion and dorsal scapular process) (Fig. S3, #SCH 267, collected 22/06/1999) from TP 4 (135-150cm deep) and a pubis fragment (#SCH 311, collected 24/06/1999) from TP 28 (200-210cm depth).
 Crocodylia -
Mekosuchus kalpokasi n. sp. Mead et al. 2002 crocodilian
UF 162724 - type (fragment of left maxilla); referred spcimens: proximal fragments of right tibia (UF 162726) and left fibula (UF162725)