Tomistoma lusitanica Antunes 1961 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Belongs to Tomistoma according to E. Puértolas et al. 2011

See also Myrick 2001 and Piras et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Tomistoma borisovi, Tomistoma brumpti, Tomistoma cairense, Tomistoma calaritanum, Tomistoma champsoides, Tomistoma coppensi, Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma gaudense, Tomistoma kerunense, Tomistoma lusitanicum, Tomistoma schlegelii, Tomistoma tandoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quinta da Farinheira, which is in a Langhian terrestrial claystone in Portugal

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Libya (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.