†Phosphatosaurus gavialoides Bergounioux 1955 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Full reference: F.-M. Bergounioux. 1955. Les crocodiliens fossiles des depots phosphates du Sud-Tunisien. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de seances de l'Academie des sciences 240:1917-1918
Belongs to Phosphatosaurus according to M. Bronzati et al. 2012
See also Buffetaut 1978 and Moody and Buffetaut 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Metlaoui, which is in a Ypresian coastal phosphorite in the Gafsa Phosphates Formation of Tunisia
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (1 collection), Tunisia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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