TomistomaTomistoma is a genus of gavialid crocodilians. They are noted for their long narrow snouts used to catch fish, similar to the gharial. Tomistoma contains one extant (living) member, the false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), as well as potentially several extinct species: T. cairense, T. lusitanicum T. coppensi, and T. dowsoni. However, these species may need to be reclassified to different genera as studies have shown them to be paraphyletic, for example: previously assigned species T.
PiscogavialisPiscogavialis is an extinct monospecific genus of gryposuchine gavialid crocodylian. The only species yet known is P. jugaliperforatus. Fossils of Piscogavialis have been found from the Mio-Pliocene Pisco Formation of the Sacaco Basin in southern Peru in 1998, where it coexisted with the much smaller gavialid Sacacosuchus. Piscogavialis is known only from a single specimen, but it represents some of the best preserved gavialid material known from South America. The skull is preserved in three dimensions and is nearly complete.
PenghusuchusPenghusuchus is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodylian. It is known from a skeleton found in Middle to Upper Miocene rocks of Penghu Island, off Taiwan. The taxon was described in 2009 by Shan and colleagues; the type species is P. pani. It may be related to two other fossil Asian gavialids: Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis of Japan and Hanyusuchus sinensis of South China. It was a medium-sized gavialid with an estimated total length of . On 25 March 2006, on the coast of Neian, Shiyu, Penghu Islands, an excavator driver Mr.
GavialidaeLes Gavialidae sont une famille de crocodiliens. Elle a été nommée par le médecin-militaire Andrew Adams (1827-1882), zoologiste britannique en 1854. Cette famille ne comporte qu'une seule espèce actuelle : Gavialis gangeticus, le gavial du Gange. Autrefois classé dans le même genre, le faux-gavial de Malaisie (ou gavial de Schlegel) fut ensuite inclus dans les Crocodylidae sous le nom de Tomistoma schlegelii. Des doutes persistent quant à sa position systématique (cf.
Faux-gavial de MalaisieTomistoma schlegelii, unique représentant du genre Tomistoma, est une espèce de crocodiliens de la famille des Gavialidae. En français cette espèce est appelée Faux-gavial de Malaisie ou Gavial de Schlegel. Son nom est donné à la base en raison de sa ressemblance avec le Gavial du Gange, espèce appartenant a la famille des Gavialidae, dans laquelle il était inclus avant d’être exclu et mis dans celui des Crocodylidae, avant que des analyses génétiques ne le replacent dans sa famille originelle.
GavialisGavialis est un genre de crocodiliens de la famille des Gavialidae. Ce genre ne comporte qu'une seule espèce actuelle : Gavialis gangeticus, le gavial du Gange. Gavialis gangeticus se rencontre en Asie du Sud. Selon : Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789) ou Gavial du Gange et les espèces fossiles : †Gavialis curvirostris Lydekker, 1886 †Gavialis breviceps Pilgrim, 1912 †Gavialis bengawanicus Dubois, 1908 †Gavialis lewisi Lull, 1944 Oppel, 1811 : Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien, als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben.
HarpacochampsaHarpacochampsa is a poorly known Early Miocene crocodilian from the Bullock Creek lagerstätte of the Northern Territory, Australia. The current specimen consists of a partial skull and fragments of a long, slender snout reminiscent of that of a false gharial, demonstrating that it was a piscivore in life. It was originally tentatively placed within a group of Australian crocodilians now known as the Mekosuchinae, although this has been frequently disputed, with other authors instead suggesting it may have been a more basal crocodyloid or a type of gavialid.
DollosuchoidesDollosuchoides, colloquially known as the Crocodile of Maransart, is an extinct monospecific genus of gavialoid crocodilian, traditionally regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Fossils have been found in the Brussel Formation of Maransart, Belgium and date back to the middle Eocene. The holotype, IRScNB 482, was discovered in 1915 and it was prepared during 1926–1927 by M. Hubert, J. Mehschaert and M.
KentisuchusKentisuchus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodylian, traditionally regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Fossils have been found from England and France that date back to the early Eocene. The genus has also been recorded from Ukraine, but it unclear whether specimens from Ukraine are referable to Kentisuchus. The genus Kentisuchus was erected by Charles Mook in 1955 for the species "Crocodylus" toliapicus, described by Richard Owen, in 1849.
MaroccosuchusMaroccosuchus zennaroi is an extinct gavialoid crocodylian from the Early Eocene of Morocco, traditionally regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Below is a cladogram based on morphological studies comparing skeletal features that shows Maroccosuchus as a member of Tomistominae, related to the false gharial: Based on morphological studies of extinct taxa, the tomistomines were long thought to be classified as crocodiles and not closely related to gavialoids.
