Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: C. A. Brochu and P. D. Gingerich. 2000. New tomistomine crocodylian from the middle Eocene (Bartonian) of Wadi Hitan, Fayum Province, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology The University of Michgian 30(10):251-268

Parent taxon: Tomistominae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu 2004, Brochu 2007, Brochu and Gingerich 2000, Jouve et al. 2008, Kobayashi et al. 2006 and Shan et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Atacisaurus, Atacisaurus glareae, Dollosuchus, Ferganosuchus, Gavialis breviceps, Gavialis curvirostris, Gavialis leptodus, Gavialis pachyrhynchus, Maomingosuchus, Megadontosuchus, Melitosaurus, Rhamphosuchus, Sakhibaghoon, Tomistoma, Tomistoma lyceense

Subtaxa: Paratomistoma courtii

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi Hitan ZV-80 (Eocene of Egypt)

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