†Rhamphosuchus crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840 (crocodilian)
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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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