Alternative combination: Gavialosuchus carolinensis
Full reference: B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47
Belongs to Thecachampsa according to S. Jouve 2016
See also Erickson and Sawyer 1996
Sister taxa: Thecachampsa antiquus, Thecachampsa marylandica, Thecachampsa minor, Thecachampsa sericodon
Type specimen: ChM PV 4279, a partial skeleton (Skull and skeleton). Its type locality is USGS Johns Island, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (7: South Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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