Tomistoma cairense
Tomistoma cairense is an extinct species of crocodilian, of the Tomistoma genus, that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene era.[2]
| Tomistoma cairense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Gavialidae |
| Genus: | Tomistoma |
| Species: | T. cairense |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomistoma cairense Müller, 1927[1] | |
Description
Tomistoma cairense did not have a Maxilla process within their lacrimal gland, which all extant crocodilian do.[3]
Diet
Tomistoma cairense was carnivorous.[4]
Distribution
Tomistoma cairense lived in North East Africa, especially Egypt.[2] Remains of T. cairense have been found in the Mokattam Formation, in Mokattam, Egypt.[5]
References
- "Crocodyloidea". www.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- Jouve, Stéphane (2016). "A new basal tomistomine (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) from Issel (Middle Eocene; France): Palaeobiogeography of basal tomistomines and palaeogeographic consequences". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177: 165–182. doi:10.1111/zoj.12357. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- BROCHU, CHRISTOPHER A. (2007). "Systematics and Taxonomy of Eocene Tomistomine Crocodylians from Britain and Northern Europe". Palaeontology. 50 (4): 917–928. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- "Fossilworks: Tomistoma cairense". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- BROCHU, CHRISTOPHER A. (1997). "Morphology, Fossils, Divergence Timing, and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Gavialis" (PDF). Systematic Biology. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas. 46 (3): 479–522. doi:10.1093/SYSBIO/46.3.479. PMID 11975331. S2CID 11011122. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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