Sakhibaghoon Malkani et al. 2022 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: M. S. Malkani, M. Ilyas, R. Yasin, A. Abbas, K. Samiullah, T. Raza, and S. S. E. Hassan, R. M., Fazal, A. Noor, and A. Malik. 2022. Geology of Northern Sulaiman Foldbelt, Shirani and Waziristan Regions (South Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): New Tomistominae (Miocene False Gharial) from Sakhi Sarwar Area of Dera Ghazi Khan (South Punjab), Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 12:521-564

Parent taxon: Tomistominae according to M. S. Malkani et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Atacisaurus, Atacisaurus glareae, Dollosuchus, Ferganosuchus, Gavialis breviceps, Gavialis curvirostris, Gavialis leptodus, Gavialis pachyrhynchus, Maomingosuchus, Megadontosuchus, Melitosaurus, Paratomistoma, Rhamphosuchus, Tomistoma, Tomistoma lyceense

Subtaxa: Sakhibaghoon khizari

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Type: Sakhibaghoon khizari

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pachadhin, Gharbin (Miocene of Pakistan)

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