Rhamphosuchus
| Rhamphosuchus Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Gavialidae |
| Subfamily: | Gavialinae |
| Genus: | †Rhamphosuchus Falconer & Cautley, 1840 |
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| †Rhamphosuchus crassidens Falconer & Cautley, 1840
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Rhamphosuchus ("Beak crocodile") is an
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]
Overview
Traditionally, many palaeontologists estimated that it was one of the largest, if not the largest crocodylian that ever lived, reaching an estimated length of 15 to 18 m (49 to 59 ft).gavialid Gryposuchus, at 10.6 m, 9.5 m and 10 m, respectively.
Rhamphosuchus was previously regarded as a close relative of the modern
piscivory of other "tomistomines".[3]
See also
- Gryposuchus, another huge prehistoric gavialid
- Largest prehistoric animals
- List of largest reptiles
References
- .
- ISBN 0-405-05742-3.
- ^ S2CID 220414868.
- PMID 35259993.
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