Tomistoma dowsoni Fourtau 1918 (false gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: R. Fourtau. 1918. Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Égypte 1-109

Belongs to Tomistoma according to R. Fourtau 1918

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Egypt (2 collections), Libya (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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