Toyotamaphimeia
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Eusuchia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gavialidae
Subfamilia: Tomistominae
Genus: †Toyotamaphimeia
Species: †T. machikanensis
Name
editToyotamaphimeia Aoki, 1983
Type species: Tomistoma machikanense Kamei & Matsumoto, 1965 [Aoki, 1983: 90]
Etymology: "Toyotamaphime[→wp], a Japanese goddess of the crocodilian incarnate" [Aoki, 1983: 90]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Aoki, R. 1983. A new generic allocation of Tomistoma machikanense, a fossil crocodilian from the Pleistocene of Japan. Copeia 1983(1): 89–95. DOI: 10.2307/1444701 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Kobayashi, Y., Tomida, Y., Kamei, T. & Eguchi, T. 2006. Anatomy of a Japanese tomistomine crocodylian, Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Kamei et Matsumoto, 1965), from the middle Pleistocene of Osaka Prefecture: the reassessment of its phylogenetic status within Crocodylia. National Science Museum monographs 35. 121 pp. ISBN 4878030208 Reference page.
Links
edit- Toyotamaphimeia – Taxon details on Fossilworks.