Ikanogavialis gameroi Sill 1970 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: W. D. Sill. 1970. Nota preliminar sobre un nuevo gavial del Plioceno de Venezuela y una discusion de los gaviales Sudamericanos. Ameghiniana 7(2):151-159

Belongs to Ikanogavialis according to D. Riff et al. 2010

See also Kraus 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCV-VF-1165 & 1166, a skull (Skull and mandible). Its type locality is Tio Gregorio, which is in a Miocene fluvial-deltaic claystone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Venezuela (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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