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Tomistoma coppensi

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Tomistoma coppensi was named by Pickford (1994). Its type specimen is NK 527'88, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NK28 - Nkondo or Warwire fm., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene lacustrine claystone in the Nkondo/Warwire Formation of Uganda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tomistoma coppensi Pickford p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
—Tomistominae(Eastman 1902)
genusTomistomaMüller 1846
speciescoppensi

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.

†Tomistoma coppensi Pickford 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Tomistoma coppensi (22345 type locality: 22368 22456 145621)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Uganda Tomistoma coppensi (145620)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Tomistoma coppensi (22248 145619 145622)