Tomistoma cairense

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]

Tomistoma cairense is an extinct species of crocodilian, of the Tomistoma genus, that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene era.[2]

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

  1. ↑ "Crocodyloidea". www.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "A new basal tomistomine (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) from Issel (Middle Eocene; France): Palaeobiogeography of basal tomistomines and palaeogeographic consequences". ResearchGate. doi:10.1111/zoj.12357. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ↑ BROCHU, CHRISTOPHER A. "SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF EOCENE TOMISTOMINE CROCODYLIANS FROM BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE". Wiley Online Library. Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x/asset/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x.pdf;jsessionid=1ba55c50956b39a8d7db9696e4dc114f.f01t03. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fossilworks: Tomistoma cairense". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ BROCHU, CHRISTOPHER A. "MORPHOLOGY, FOSSILS, DIVERGENCE TIMING, AND THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF GAVIALIS" (PDF). Semantic Scholars. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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