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Voay, the Glossary

Voay is an extinct genus of crocodile from Madagascar that lived during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene, containing only one species, V. robustus.^[1]

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Crocodilians of Africa
Crocodylidae
Crocodylomorphs of Madagascar
Pleistocene crocodylomorphs
Pleistocene genus first appearances
Pleistocene reptiles of Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Aldabrachampsus is an extinct genus of small horned crocodile known from fragmentary remains. Voay and Aldabrachampsus are Crocodylidae, Pleistocene crocodylomorphs and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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American crocodile

The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. Voay and American crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Antsirabe

Antsirabe is the third largest city in Madagascar and the capital of the Vakinankaratra region, with a population of 265,018 in 2014.

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Brochuchus

Brochuchus is an extinct genus of crocodile known from the Early Miocene Hiwegi Formation of Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya; it was originally named as a species of Crocodylus. Voay and Brochuchus are Crocodylidae and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Choana

The choanae (choana), posterior nasal apertures or internal nostrils are two openings found at the back of the nasal passage between the nasal cavity and the pharynx, in humans and other mammals (as well as crocodilians and most skinks).

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Crocodile

Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Voay and crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylinae

Crocodylinae is a subfamily of true crocodiles within the family Crocodylidae, and is the sister taxon to Osteolaeminae (dwarf crocodiles and slender-snouted crocodiles). Voay and Crocodylinae are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylus

Crocodylus is a genus of true crocodiles in the family Crocodylidae. Voay and Crocodylus are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylus anthropophagus

Crocodylus anthropophagus is an extinct species of crocodile from the Pleistocene of Tanzania. Voay and Crocodylus anthropophagus are Crocodylidae, Pleistocene crocodylomorphs and Pleistocene reptiles of Africa.

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Crocodylus checchiai

Crocodylus checchiai is an extinct species of crocodile from the Miocene to Pliocene of Libya and Kenya. Voay and Crocodylus checchiai are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylus falconensis

Crocodylus falconensis is an extinct species of crocodile known from the early Pliocene of the lower part of the Vergel Member of the San Gregorio Formation of Venezuela. Voay and Crocodylus falconensis are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylus palaeindicus

Crocodylus palaeindicus is an extinct species of crocodile from southern Asia. Voay and Crocodylus palaeindicus are Crocodylidae.

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Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni

Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni is an extinct species of crocodile from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of the Turkana Basin in Kenya. Voay and Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni are Crocodylidae and Pleistocene crocodylomorphs.

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Crown group

In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor.

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Cuban crocodile

The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a small-medium species of crocodile endemic to Cuba. Voay and Cuban crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Dwarf crocodile

The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile, is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant (living) species of crocodile. Voay and dwarf crocodile are crocodilians of Africa and Crocodylidae.

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Elephant bird

Elephant birds are extinct flightless birds belonging to the order Aepyornithiformes that were native to the island of Madagascar. Voay and Elephant bird are Holocene extinctions.

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Euthecodon

Euthecodon is an extinct genus of long-snouted crocodile. Voay and Euthecodon are Crocodylidae, Pleistocene crocodylomorphs, Pleistocene reptiles of Africa and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Freshwater crocodile

The freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), also known commonly as the Australian freshwater crocodile, Johnstone's crocodile, and the freshie, is a species of crocodile native to the northern regions of Australia. Voay and freshwater crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Holocene extinction

The Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch. Voay and Holocene extinction are Holocene extinctions.

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Late Pleistocene

The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as the Upper Pleistocene from a stratigraphic perspective.

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Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

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Malagasy hippopotamus

Several species of Malagasy hippopotamus (also known as Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus or Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus) lived on the island of Madagascar but are now believed to be extinct.

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Malagasy language

Malagasy (Sorabe: مَلَغَسِ‎) is an Austronesian language and dialect continuum spoken in Madagascar.

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Megafauna

In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals.

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Morelet's crocodile

Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii), also known as the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Voay and Morelet's crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Mugger crocodile

The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. Voay and mugger crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Nasal bone

The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face and by their junction, form the bridge of the upper one third of the nose.

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New Guinea crocodile

The New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae) is a small species of crocodile found on the island of New Guinea north of the mountain ridge that runs along the centre of the island. Voay and New Guinea crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. Voay and nile crocodile are crocodilians of Africa and Crocodylidae.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Orinoco crocodile

The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Voay and Orinoco crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Osteoderm

Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates, or other structures based in the dermis.

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Osteolaeminae

Osteolaeminae is a subfamily of true crocodiles within the family Crocodylidae containing the dwarf crocodiles and slender-snouted crocodiles, and is the sister taxon to Crocodylinae. Voay and Osteolaeminae are Crocodylidae.

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Osteolaemus osborni

Osteolaemus osborni, commonly known as Osborn's dwarf crocodile, is a species of crocodile endemic to the Congo Basin in Africa. Voay and Osteolaemus osborni are crocodilians of Africa and Crocodylidae.

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Paleogenomics

Paleogenomics is a field of science based on the reconstruction and analysis of genomic information in extinct species.

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PeerJ

PeerJ is an open access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences.

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Philippine crocodile

The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), also known as the Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile, the bukarot in Ilocano, and more generally as a buwaya in most Filipino lowland cultures, is one of two species of crocodiles found in the Philippines; the other is the larger saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). Voay and Philippine crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Rimasuchus

Rimasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodile from the Miocene of Egypt and possibly Libya. Voay and Rimasuchus are Crocodylidae and Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera.

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Saltwater crocodile

The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia. Voay and saltwater crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Siamese crocodile

The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (Borneo and possibly Java), Brunei, East Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Voay and Siamese crocodile are Crocodylidae.

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Squamosal bone

The squamosal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians, and birds.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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West African crocodile

The West African crocodile, desert crocodile, or sacred crocodile (Crocodylus suchus) is a species of crocodile related to, and often confused with, the larger and more aggressive Nile crocodile (C. niloticus). Voay and West African crocodile are crocodilians of Africa and Crocodylidae.

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West African slender-snouted crocodile

The West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), or slender-snouted crocodile, is a critically endangered species of African crocodile. Voay and West African slender-snouted crocodile are crocodilians of Africa and Crocodylidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voay

Also known as Crocodylus robustus, V. robustus, Voay robustus.

, Synonym (taxonomy), West African crocodile, West African slender-snouted crocodile.

Voay, the Glossary

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See also

Crocodilians of Africa

Crocodylidae

Crocodylomorphs of Madagascar

Pleistocene crocodylomorphs

Pleistocene genus first appearances

Pleistocene reptiles of Africa

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