Eogavialis

Eogavialis
Temporal range: Late Eocene – Pliocene, 37.2–2.59 Ma
Skulls from both species of Eogavialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Metasuchia
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Genus: †Eogavialis
Buffetaut 1982
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • †Tomistoma gavialoides (Andrews 1905)
  • †Tomistoma kerunense (Andrews 1905)
  • †Tomistoma tenuirostre (Muller 1927)

Eogavialis is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodylian. It superficially resembles Tomistoma schlegelii, the extant false gharial, and consequently material from the genus was originally referred to Tomistoma. Indeed, it was not until 1982 that the name Eogavialis was constructed after it was realised that the specimens were from a more basal form.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BG2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Buffetaut, E. (1982). "Systématique, origine et évolution des Gavialidae Sud-Américains". Geobios. 15 (Suppl 1): 127–140. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(82)80107-1.