Dollosuchoides
| Dollosuchoides Temporal range: Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Subfamily: | Tomistominae |
| Genus: | †Dollosuchoides Brochu, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †Dollosuchoides densmorei Brochu, 2007 | |
Dollosuchoides is an extinct genus of crocodilian. It is a basal tomistomine closely related to the genus Tomistoma, of which the only extant species of tomistomine, the False gharial, is a member of.[1] Fossils have been found from Belgium and date back to the middle Eocene. The holotype is currently housed in the Gand Museum in Belgium.[2]
References
- ↑ Brochu, C.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.
- ↑ Piras, P.; Delfino, M.; Del Favero, L.; Kotsakis, T. (2007). "Phylogenetic position of the crocodylian Megadontosuchus arduini and tomistomine palaeobiogeography". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (2): 315–328.
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