Tomistoma kerunense Andrews 1905 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1905. Notes on some new Crocodilia from the Eocene of Egypt. Geological Magazine 2(11):481-484

Belongs to Tomistoma according to C. W. Andrews 1905

Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni

Type specimen: CGM 9350, a partial skull. Its type locality is Birket-el-Qurun beds, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Birket-el-Qurun beds

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