†Tomistoma champsoides Owen 1850 (false gharial)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Belongs to Tomistoma according to R. Lydekker 1886
Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni
Type specimen: NHMUK PV OR41151, 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 champsoides in the database
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