Rhamphosuchus crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: P. T. Cautley and H. Falconer. 1840. Notice on the remains of a fossil monkey from the Tertiary strata of the Sewalik Hills in the North of Hindoostan. Transactions of the Geological Soceity of London, Series 2 5:499-504

Belongs to Rhamphosuchus according to Lydekker 1886

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of India (1 collection), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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