Volia

Volia is from Viti Levu, Fiji, and again it was apparently a relatively small (2-3 m long), terrestrial form.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

Volia is from Viti Levu, Fiji, and again it was apparently a relatively small (2-3 m long), terrestrial form.

The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific Darren Naish 2006

I wanted to make some reconstruction-drawings, but sadly I couldn´t find any good pictures of Mekosuchus or Volia athollandersoni, which I could use as reference.

The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific Darren Naish 2006

People have been on Fiji since about 3000 years ago, so at the moment Volia seems too old to have succumbed to human hunters.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

Yes, for in 2002 Molnar et al. (2002) described another island dwelling form, Volia athollandersoni.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

People have been on Fiji since about 3000 years ago, so at the moment Volia seems too old to have succumbed to human hunters.

The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific Darren Naish 2006

In being of Pleistocene age, Aldabrachampsus is like both Volia from Fiji (see previous post) and the Murua gharial in being too old to have its extinction indisputably linked to the arrival of people.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

In being of Pleistocene age, Aldabrachampsus is like both Volia from Fiji (see previous post) and the Murua gharial in being too old to have its extinction indisputably linked to the arrival of people.

Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

Yes, for in 2002 Molnar et al. (2002) described another island dwelling form, Volia athollandersoni.

The small, recently extinct, island-dwelling crocodilians of the south Pacific Darren Naish 2006

Lady Volia asked, her chin propped up on a fist, staring intently at the mage.

Brothers Majere Stein, Kevin, 1954- 1989