Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: D. Riff and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. The world's largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):178-195
Belongs to Gryposuchus according to R. Salas-Gismondi et al. 2016
See also Riff and Aguilera 2008 and Riff et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Gryposuchus colombianus, Gryposuchus jessei, Gryposuchus neogaeus, Gryposuchus pachakamue
Type specimen: MCN-URU-2002-77, a skull (Complete skull and mandibles). Its type locality is 0.5 km North of Quebrada El Picache and 50 m East of Chiguaje fault, which is in a Miocene fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Venezuela (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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