Tomistoma cairense Müller 1927 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: L. Müller. 1927. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreiten Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. V. Tertiäre Wirbeltiere. 1. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Krokodilier des ägyptischen Tertiärs. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung 31:1-96

Belongs to Tomistoma according to L. Müller 1927

See also Jouve et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni, Tomistoma tenuirostre

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokattam, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mokattam

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