†Aktiogavialis caribesi Salas-Gismondi et al. 2019 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: R. Salas-Gismondi, J. W. Moreno-Bernal, T. M. Scheyer, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. New Miocene Caribbean gavialoids and patterns of longirostry in crocodylians. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(12):1049-1075
Belongs to Aktiogavialis according to R. Salas-Gismondi et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Aktiogavialis puertoricensis
Type specimen: MCNC 95-72V, a partial skull (skull and partial mandible). Its type locality is Pipeline Locality, Urumaco, which is in a Tortonian channel sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pipeline Locality, Urumaco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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