†Ikanogavialis gameroi Sill 1970 (crocodilian)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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