Gavialosuchus eggenburgensis Toula and Kail 1885 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Alternative combinations: Gavialosuchus eggenbergensis, Gavialosuchus eggenburgense

Full reference: F. Toula and J. A. Kail. 1885. Über einen Krokodil−Schädel aus den Tertiärablagerungen von Eggenburg in Niederösterreich: eine paläontologische studie. Denkschriften der Keiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften von Wien, Mathematisch−Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 50:299-355

Belongs to Gavialosuchus according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu 2020, Hay 1930 and Piras et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Gavialosuchus antiquus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Eggenburg, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Burgeschleinitz Formation of Austria

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eggenburg

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