Aktiogavialis puertoricensis Vélez-Juarbe et al. 2007 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: J. Vélez-Juarbe, C. A. Brochu, and H. Santos. 2007. A gharial from the Oligocene of Puerto Rico: transoceanic dispersal in the history of a non-marine reptile. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:1245-1254

Belongs to Aktiogavialis according to J. Vélez-Juarbe et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Aktiogavialis caribesi

Type specimen: UPRMP 3094, a partial skull. Its type locality is San Sebastián, which is in an Oligocene deltaic sandstone in the San Sebastián Formation of Puerto Rico.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at San Sebastián

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