Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: C. A. Brochu. 2004. A New Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from Eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of thoracosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):610-633
Belongs to Eothoracosaurus according to C. A. Brochu 2004
See also Puértolas et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSU 3293, a skull (skull & partial skeleton). Its type locality is Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis type locality, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Mississippi, Tennessee collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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