Parent taxon: Gavialoidea according to P. M. J. Burke et al. 2024
See also Brochu 2006, Brochu 2007, Carroll 1988, Darlim et al. 2022, Delfino et al. 2005, Jouve et al. 2008, Rio and Mannion 2021, Salas-Gismondi et al. 2016 and Vélez-Juarbe et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Crocodilus basifissus, Crocodilus basitruncatus, Crocodilus fastigiatus, Crocodilus marylandicus, Crocodilus obscurus, Crocodilus tenebrosus, Dolichochampsa, Dollosuchoides, Gavialidae, Gavialosuchus, Gunggamarandu, Harpacochampsa, Holopsisuchus cordatus, Holopsisuchus glyptodon, Holopsisuchus pneumaticus, Kentisuchus, Maroccosuchus, Ocepesuchus, Thecachampsa, Thecachampsa serratus, Thecachampsoides, Thoracosaurinae, Thoracosaurus grandis
Subtaxa: Eosuchus lerichei Eosuchus minor
Type: Eosuchus lerichei
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Virginia collections)
• Paleocene of France (1), United States (3: Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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