Eogavialis africanum Andrews 1901 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Alternative combinations: Eogavialis africanus, Tomistoma africanum

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1901. Preliminary Note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt. Geological Magazine 8(4):436-444

Belongs to Eogavialis according to E. Puértolas et al. 2011

See also Andrews 1906 and Kraus 1998

Sister taxa: Eogavialis andrewsi, Eogavialis gavialoides

Type specimen: CGM 10006, a mandible. Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beadnell Section

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