Tomistoma schlegelii Müller 1846 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Alternative combination: Tomistoma schelegelii

Belongs to Tomistoma according to Müller 1846

See also Lang and Guilette 2002

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

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tomistoma schlegelii (Oligocene of Indonesia)

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