FR Fossil Record FR Foss. Rec. 2193-0074 Wiley Göttingen, Germany 10.1002/mmng.200800007 The late Pleistocene horned crocodile <i>Voay robustus</i> (Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872) from Madagascar in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Bickelmann C. 1 Klein N. 2 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Paläontologie und Mineralogie, Universität Bonn, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany 01 02 2009 12 1 13 21 Copyright: © 2009 C. Bickelmann 2009 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/12/13/2009/fr-12-13-2009.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/12/13/2009/fr-12-13-2009.pdf

Crocodylian material from late Pleistocene localities around Antsirabe, Madagascar, stored in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, was surveyed. Several skeletal elements, including skull bones, vertebrae, ribs, osteoderms, and limb bones from at least three large individuals could be unambiguously assigned to the genus <i>Voay</i> Brochu, 2007. Furthermore, the simultaneous occurrence of <i>Voay robustus</i> Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872 and <i>Crocodylus niloticus</i> Laurenti, 1768 in Madagascar is discussed. <i>Voay robustus</i> and <i>Crocodylus niloticus</i> are systematically separate but similar in stature and size, which would make them direct rivals for ecological resources. Our hypothesis on the extinction of the species Voay, which was endemic to Madagascar, suggests that <i>C. niloticus</i> invaded Madagascar only after <i>V. robustus</i> became extinct. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmng.200800007" target="_blank">10.1002/mmng.200800007</a>