Gavialinum
| Gavialinum Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
| (unranked): | Mesoeucrocodylia |
| Suborder: | Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | Teleosauridae |
| Genus: | Gavialinum Lortet, 1892 |
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Gavialinum is an extinct genus of teleosaurid thalattosuchian. Fossils have been found from France that date back to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic.[1] Despite what its name may suggest, the genus is not related to gavialids as was previously thought, having occurred much earlier than any crocodilian.
References
- ↑ Lortet, 1894. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhone. Archives du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon 4(139):12.
External links
- Gavialinum in the Paleobiology Database
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