Journal article
Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and northern Europe
Palaeontology, Vol.50(4), pp.917-928
07/2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x
Abstract
The holotype of Dollosuchus dixoni (Owen) from the Early-Middle Eocene Bracklesham Beds of England is a set of mandibular fragments that cannot be distinguished from corresponding parts of other longirostrine crocodylians. An isolated humerus from the Bracklesham Beds is consistent with a gavialoid, but it cannot be referred to the holotype of D. dixoni. The name Dollosuchoides densmorei is established for the well-preserved skull and skeleton of a tomistomine from the Middle Eocene of Belgium that had been referred to D. dixoni. It can be clearly distinguished from the basal tomistomine 'Crocodilus' spenceri Buckland from the Lower Eocene of England, which cannot be referred to Dollosuchoides and is provisionally referred to Kentisuchus Mook. Although basal within Tomistominae, Dollosuchoides is more closely related to Tomistoma than to Kentisuchus. © 2007 The Palaeontological Association.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and northern Europe
- Creators
- Christopher A Brochu - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Palaeontology, Vol.50(4), pp.917-928
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x
- ISSN
- 0031-0239
- eISSN
- 1475-4983
- Publisher
- Palaeontological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2007
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984229302902771
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