Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: M. Pickford. 1994. Late Cenozoic crocodiles (Reptilia: Crocodylidae) from the Western Rift, Uganda. Geology and Palaeobiology of the Albertine Rift Valley, Uganda−Zaire, Vol. II: Palaeobiology 137-155
Belongs to Tomistoma according to M. Pickford 1994
Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni
Type specimen: NK 527'88, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull and mandible). Its type locality is NK28 - Nkondo or Warwire fm., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene lacustrine claystone in the Nkondo/Warwire Formation of Uganda.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Uganda (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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