Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: M. L. Joleaud. 1920. Sur la présence d'un Gavialide du genre Tomistoma dans le Pliocène d'eau douce de l'Ethiopie. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 70:816-818
Belongs to Tomistoma according to M. L. Joleaud 1920
See also Boulenger 1920, Ginsburg and Buffetaut 1978 and Storrs 2003
Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanica, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tomistoma brumpti type, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Ethiopia
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tomistoma brumpti type
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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