Voay is an extinct genus of crocodile from Madagascar that lived during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene, containing only one species, V. robustus. Numerous subfossils have been found, including complete skulls, noted for their distinctive pair of horns on the posterior, as well as vertebrae and osteoderms from such places as Ambolisatra and Antsirabe. The genus is thought to have become extinct relatively recently. It has been suggested to have disappeared in the extinction event that wiped out much of the endemic megafauna on Madagascar, such as the elephant bird and Malagasy hippo, following the arrival of humans to Madagascar around 2000 years ago.[2] Its name comes from the Malagasy word for crocodile.
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Voay is an extinct genus of crocodile from Madagascar that lived during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene, containing only one species, V. robustus. Numerous...
also includes Mecistops (slender-snouted crocodiles), or the extinct genus Voay. Some morphological studies have recovered Mecistops as a basal member of...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative (the extinct Voay of Madagascar) around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
Hekkala et al. paleogenomics study using DNA extracted from the extinct Voay. The muzzle is short and thick. The distance between the eyes and the tip...
by Hekkala et al. using paleogenomics by extracting DNA from the extinct Voay. The below cladogram shows the results of the Lee and Yates study (2018)...
apex predator of the Malagasy forests, along with the giant fossa and the Voay crocodile. It likely became extinct in the 16th century due to human overhunting...
Hekkala et al. paleogenomics study using DNA extracted from the extinct Voay. The Siamese crocodile is a medium-sized, freshwater crocodilian, with a...
Hekkala et al. were able to use paleogenomics, extracting DNA from the extinct Voay, to better establish the relationships within Crocodylidae, including the...
by Hekkala et al. using paleogenomics by extracting DNA from the extinct Voay. The tip dating analysis resolved the extinct Thoracosaurus and similar extinct...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene "horned" crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0...
by Hekkala et al. using paleogenomics by extracting DNA from the extinct Voay. The below cladogram shows the results of the latest study, and how Crocodyloidea...
evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene "horned" crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0...
supports Crocodylus diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
Hekkala et al. paleogenomics study using DNA extracted from the extinct Voay. Adult Nile crocodiles have a dark bronze colouration above, with faded blackish...
Americas; it genetically diverged from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago near the boundary between the...
giant lemurs, the aardvark-like animal Plesiorycteropus, and the crocodile Voay. Several elephant bird bones with incisions have been dated to approximately...
evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene 'horned' crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0...
evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene "horned" crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0...
evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene "horned" crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0...
"Crocodylus" megarhinus? Kinyang? Quinkana? Tzaganosuchus? Voay Crocodylus C. anthropophagus C. checchiai C. falconensis C. palaeindicus C. thorbjarnarsoni...
dwarf crocodile and the extinct Rimasuchus, Brochuchus as well as possible Voay and the slender-snouted crocodile. Phylogenetic analysis utilizing molecular...
and the Americas, diverging from its closest recent relative, the extinct Voay of Madagascar, around 25 million years ago near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary...
faces outwards. Similar structures are known in the Madagascar crocodile Voay, Crocodylus anthropophagus from Tanzania and even alligatoroids like Acresuchus...
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