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TOYOTAMAPHIMEIA
(toy-o-tah-ma-fe-my-ah)
Toyotamaphimeia
Named By: R. Aoki in 1983
Time Period: Pleistocene
Location: Japan - Ibaraki Formation
Size: Skull 1 meter long. Total body length up to 8 meters
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Skull and partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodilia | Tomistominae |
Also known as: | Tomistoma machikanensis |
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Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis is an extinct tomistomine crocodylian from Pleistocene-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).

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