Rhamphostomopsis neogaeus Rusconi 1933 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Invalid subtaxa: Rhamphostoma neogaea Burmeister 1885 [replaced name], Rhamphostomopsis intermedius Rusconi 1935

Belongs to Rhamphostomopsis according to Z. B. Gasparini 1968

See also Kraus 1998, Langston and Gasparini 1997, Patterson 1936 and Riff and Aguilera 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Rhamphostomopsis neogaeus: Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina
  • Rhamphostoma neogaea: MLP 26-413; 68-IX-V-1; 68-IX-V-2., a partial skull.
  • Rhamphostomopsis intermedius: MACN 6122, a partial skull. Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Rio Parana

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