Toyotamaphimeia Temporal range: |
|
---|---|
Toyotamaphimeia machikanense skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Subfamily: | Tomistominae |
Genus: |
†Toyotamaphimeia Aoki, 1983 |
Type species | |
Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Kobatake et al., 1965) |
|
Synonyms | |
|
Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis is an extinct tomistomine crocodylian from -aged strata of Japan. It is closely related to the false gharial, and lived 400,000 years ago, and was originally described as a member of the same genus, Tomistoma. T. machikanensis was a fairly large crocodylian with a 1 m (3.3 ft) skull and a total length up to 8 m (26 ft).