Toyotamaphimeia

Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis is an extinct tomistomine crocodylian which lived in Japan during the Pleistocene. A specimen recovered in 1964 at Osaka University during the construction of a new science building has been dated to around 430–380 thousand years old based on the stratum in which it was found.[1] T. machikanensis was a fairly large crocodylian with a 1 m (3.3 ft) skull and a total length up to 8 m (26 ft).[2] It is closely related to the false gharial and was originally described as a member of the same genus, Tomistoma.

Toyotamaphimeia
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Toyotamaphimeia machikanense skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Subfamily: Tomistominae
Genus: †Toyotamaphimeia
Aoki, 1983
Type species
Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis
(Kobatake et al., 1965)
Synonyms
  • Tomistoma machikanensis

Sources
  1. "Valuable Specimen which Osaka University Possesses". Archived from the original on 2005-03-06.
  2. "Sous ordre des EUSUCHIA". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-08.


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