Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Parent taxon: Tomistominae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Andrews 1906, Brochu 2004, Brochu 2007, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Jouve et al. 2008, Kobayashi et al. 2006, Kraus 1998, Lang and Guilette 2002, Martin and Buffetaut 2008, Mook 1962, Puértolas et al. 2011, Sahni and Mishra 1975 and Shan et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Atacisaurus, Atacisaurus glareae, Dollosuchus, Ferganosuchus, Gavialis breviceps, Gavialis curvirostris, Gavialis leptodus, Gavialis pachyrhynchus, Maomingosuchus, Megadontosuchus, Melitosaurus, Paratomistoma, Rhamphosuchus, Sakhibaghoon, Tomistoma lyceense
Subtaxa: Tomistoma borisovi Tomistoma brumpti Tomistoma cairense Tomistoma calaritanum Tomistoma champsoides Tomistoma coppensi Tomistoma dowsoni Tomistoma gaudense Tomistoma kerunense Tomistoma lusitanica Tomistoma lusitanicum Tomistoma schlegelii Tomistoma tandoni
Type: Tomistoma schlegelii
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Pliocene of Chad (3), Uganda (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (5)
• Miocene of Egypt (2), France (1), Italy (1), Kenya (2), Libya (1), Nepal (1), Poland (1), Portugal (3), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), India (1), Libya (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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