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Paratomistoma
Taxonomy
Paratomistoma was named by Brochu and Gingerich (2000).
It was assigned to Crocodylia by Brochu and Gingerich (2000); to Tomistominae by Brochu (2004), Kobayashi et al. (2006), Brochu (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Shan et al. (2009); and to Tomistominae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodylia by Brochu and Gingerich (2000); to Tomistominae by Brochu (2004), Kobayashi et al. (2006), Brochu (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Shan et al. (2009); and to Tomistominae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Paratomistoma Brochu and Gingerich p. 254 figs. Fig. 2-4 |
| 2004 | Paratomistoma Brochu p. 624 |
| 2006 | Paratomistoma Kobayashi et al. |
| 2007 | Paratomistoma Brochu p. 926 |
| 2008 | Paratomistoma Jouve et al. |
| 2009 | Paratomistoma Shan et al. |
| 2021 | Paratomistoma Rio and Mannion |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Paratomistoma Brochu and Gingerich 2000
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†Paratomistoma courtii Brochu and Gingerich 2000
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. A. Brochu and P. D. Gingerich 2000 | Derived tornistomine crocodylian differing from all other tomistomines (includ- ing i? cairense from the underlying Mokattam Formation) in having a skull table that slopes later- ally from the midline, acute rims on the supratemporal fenestrae, and laterosphenoid capitate pro- cesses with anterodorsal margins perpendicular to the sagittal plane. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||