Gavialosuchus
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| Gavialosuchus Fossil range: late Oligocene-early Pliocene |
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Gavialosuchus is an extinct genus of gavialid from the late Oligocene and Miocene of eastern North America and early Miocene of Europe. Three species have been named: the type species G. eggenburgensis from the early Miocene of Austria; G. americanus, from the late Miocene to early Pliocene of Florida; and G. carolinensis, from the late Oligocene of South Carolina. Another species, as yet unnamed, may be present in the Miocene of Georgia. Gavialosuchus was an estuarine crocodilian, living in shallow marine waters. It was long-snouted and large: G. carolinensis was at least 5.37 meters long (17.3 ft).[1]
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- ^ Erickson, Bruce R.; and Sawyer, Glen T. (1996). The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America, The Science Museum of Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Monograph 3, Paleontology. St. Paul: The Science Museum of Minnesota, 1-47.
