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Tomistoma (false gharial)
Taxonomy
Tomistoma was named by Müller (1846). It is extant. Its type is Tomistoma schlegelii.
It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Andrews (1906); to Gavialidae by Kraus (1998); to Crocodylidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Lang and Guilette (2002); to Crocodyloidea by Martin and Buffetaut (2008); to Tomistominae by Mook (1962), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Brochu (2004), Kobayashi et al. (2006), Brochu (2007), Jouve et al. (2008) and Shan et al. (2009); to Crocodyloidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); and to Tomistominae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Andrews (1906); to Gavialidae by Kraus (1998); to Crocodylidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Lang and Guilette (2002); to Crocodyloidea by Martin and Buffetaut (2008); to Tomistominae by Mook (1962), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Brochu (2004), Kobayashi et al. (2006), Brochu (2007), Jouve et al. (2008) and Shan et al. (2009); to Crocodyloidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); and to Tomistominae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
T. borisovi, T. brumpti, T. cairense, T. calaritanum, T. champsoides, T. coppensi, T. gaudense, T. kerunense, T. lusitanica, T. lusitanicum, T. schlegelii (type species), T. tandoni
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Tomistoma Müller |
| 1906 | Tomistoma Andrews p. 267 |
| 1927 | Tomistoma cairense Müller |
| 1962 | Tomistoma Mook p. 5 |
| 1975 | Tomistoma Sahni and Mishra p. 13 |
| 1988 | Tomistoma Carroll |
| 1996 | Tomistoma Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Tomistoma Kraus p. 389 |
| 2002 | Tomistoma Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
| 2004 | Tomistoma Brochu p. 624 |
| 2006 | Tomistoma Kobayashi et al. |
| 2007 | Tomistoma Brochu p. 926 |
| 2008 | Tomistoma Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Tomistoma Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2009 | Tomistoma Shan et al. |
| 2011 | Tomistoma Puértolas et al. |
| 2021 | Tomistoma 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. Tomistoma Müller 1846 [false gharial]
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†Tomistoma borisovi Efimov 1988
†Tomistoma brumpti Joleaud 1920
†Tomistoma calaritanum Capellini 1890
†Tomistoma champsoides Owen 1850
†Tomistoma coppensi Pickford 1994
†Tomistoma gaudense Hulke 1871
†Tomistoma kerunense Andrews 1905
†Tomistoma lusitanica Antunes 1961
†Tomistoma lusitanicum Antunes 1961
Tomistoma schlegelii Müller 1846
†Tomistoma tandoni Sahni and Mishra 1975
Invalid names: Tomistoma cairense Müller 1927 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Tomistoma sp. (16712) | |
| Lutetian | India (Kutch) | Tomistoma tandoni (45591) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Tomistoma sp. (48077) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt (Fayum) | Tomistoma kerunense (83938) | |
| Oligocene - Quaternary | Indonesia (West Kalimantan) | Tomistoma schlegelii (190041) | |
| Chattian | France (Landes) | Tomistoma sp. (143515) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Tomistoma sp. (70808) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Mallorca) | Tomistoma lusitanica (155253) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Tomistoma sp. (57007) | |
| Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | Tomistoma lusitanica (187580) | |
| Langhian | Portugal (Lisbon) | Gavialosuchus americana (35986) | |
| Langhian | Poland | Tomistoma sp. (13063) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Portugal | Tomistoma calaritanus (65912) | |
| Middle Miocene | Nepal | Tomistoma indet. (48681) | |
| Tortonian | Portugal | Tomistoma lusitanica (65943) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Italy (Cagliari) | Tomistoma calaritanum (224333) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Uganda | Tomistoma coppensi (22345 22368 22456 145621) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Tomistoma coppensi (145620) | |
| Pliocene | Uganda | Tomistoma coppensi (22248 145619 145622) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Tomistoma brumpti (153775) | |
| Piacenzian | Chad | Tomistoma sp. (21962 22505 22506) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Jiangsu) | Tomistoma sp. (180692) |