Rhamphosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhamphosuchus ("Beak crocodile") is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodylians. It lived during the Pliocene and its fossils have been found in two regions; the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan and India as well as the Sindh region of Pakistan. Its type species is Rhamphosuchus crassidens, which is only known from incomplete sets of fossils, mostly teeth and skulls. Four species traditionally placed in the genus Gavialis may be included as well.[1]
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Rhamphosuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Gavialidae |
Subfamily: | Gavialinae |
Genus: | †Rhamphosuchus Falconer & Cautley, 1840 |
Type species | |
†Rhamphosuchus crassidens Falconer & Cautley, 1840 |
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