Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Alternative combination: Crocodilus isorhynchus
Synonyms: Crocodilus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855 [objective synonym], Gavialis macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855 [objective synonym], Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855 [objective synonym], Thoracosaurus scanicus Troedsson 1924
Belongs to Thoracosaurus according to W. E. Swinton 1938
See also Brignon 2017, Brochu 2004, Gervais 1859, Leidy 1865, Martin and Delfino 2010, Perrier 1928, Puértolas et al. 2011, Troxell 1925 and Voiculescu-Holvad 2022
Sister taxa: Thoracosaurus borissiaki, Thoracosaurus brevispinus, Thoracosaurus neocesariensis, Holops cordatus, Holops glyptodon, Holops pneumaticus
Type specimens:
- Thoracosaurus isorhynchus: Its type locality is Mont-Aimé, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in France
- Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus: MNHN, a skull. Its type locality is SW-Seite des St. Pietersberges, Horizont Mc [Maastrichter Tuffkreide], which is in a Maastrichtian marine chalk in the Maastrichter Tuffkreide Formation of the Netherlands.
- Thoracosaurus scanicus: Its type locality is Limhamn Quarry Upper Middle Danian Horizons, which is in a Danian deep subtidal shelf grainstone in the København Limestone Formation of Sweden.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Sweden (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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