Category
page 1Taxa named by Jean-Christophe Balouet

Mekosuchus
Mekosuchus is a genus of extinct Australasian mekosuchine crocodilian. Species of Mekosuchus were generally small-sized (less than long), terrestrial animals with short, blunt-snouted heads and strong limbs. Four species are currently recognized, M. inexpectatus, M. whitehunterensis, M. sanderi and M. kalpokasi, all known primarily from fragmentary remains.
New Caledonian Gallinule
species of bird (fossil)

Kanaka Pigeon
species of bird
Pile-builder Megapode
species of bird (fossil)
Sylviornithidae
Sylviornithidae is an extinct family of flightless birds, known from subfossil bones found in Holocene aged deposits on the Melanesian islands of New Caledonia and Fiji. For many years it was considered a monotypic family consisting of the New Calendonia Sylviornis alone, but recent studies show that the Fijian Megavitiornis was part of this clade as well. Long considered to have galliform affinities, a 2016 study suggested that they were outside the Galliformes crown group, while a 2024 study suggested that they were members of the Galliformes crown group as more closely related to Phasianoid
Mekosuchus inexpectatus
species of reptile (fossil)
New Caledonian Ground Dove
species of bird
Powerful Goshawk
species of bird (fossil)
Gracile Goshawk
species of bird
Zeltornis
Zeltornis ("Zelten bird") is an extinct genus of heron. It contains a single species, Zeltornis ginsburgi.
Rhynochetos orarius
species of bird