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Tomistoma brumpti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tomistoma brumpti was named by Joleaud (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tomistoma brumpti type, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Ethiopia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gavialis gangeticus by Boulenger (1920); it was recombined as Euthecodon brumpti by Joleaud (1920) and Ginsburg and Buffetaut (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud
1920Tomistoma brumpti Joleaud
1978Euthecodon brumpti Ginsburg and Buffetaut

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
LongirostresCuvier
Gavialoidea(Brochu 1997)
Gavialidae(Adams 1854)
Tomistominae(Eastman 1902)
genusTomistomaMüller 1846
speciesbrumpti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tomistoma brumpti Joleaud 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available