Tomistoma gaudense Hulke 1871 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Belongs to Tomistoma according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni

Type specimen: NMNH-T11228, a partial skull. Its type locality is Gozo Island, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in the Globigerina Limestone Formation of Malta.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tomistoma gaudense in the database

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