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]

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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. "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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[1] "Crocodyloidea". www.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[b-2] 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.

[3] 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.

[a-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.