Species Classification: ‭ ‬Tomistominae.

In Depth        Toyotamaphimeia was originally described as a prehistoric species of the Tomistoma genus,‭ ‬better known as the false gharial.‭ ‬Today the false gharial is known to attain lengths of up to five meters in the wild,‭ ‬with isolated skulls suggesting a theoretical limit of somewhere between five and a half and six meters long.‭ … Read more

In Depth        Penghusuchus is a genus of tomistomine crocodile that lived in what is now Taiwan during the late Miocene.‭ ‬Penghusuchus is noted as having a similarity to the modern day false gharial as well as Toyotamaphimeia which lived in Japan during the Pleistocene.‭ ‬With a skull length up to‭ ‬85‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬Penghusuchus would … Read more