Dollosuchoides Temporal range: Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Gavialidae |
Subfamily: | Tomistominae |
Genus: |
†Dollosuchoides Brochu, 2007 |
Type species | |
†Dollosuchoides densmorei Brochu, 2007 |
Dollosuchoides is an extinct genus of crocodilian. It is a basal tomistomine closely related to the genus Tomistoma, of which the only extant species of tomistomine, the False gharial, is a member of.Fossils have been found from Belgium and date back to the middle Eocene. The holotype is currently housed in the Gand Museum in Belgium.