Genus: Rhamphosuchus LYDEKKER, 1886
Etymology:
Greek, rhamphos, "beak"
and Greek, suchos, "crocodile."
Species: crassidens (FALCOLONER & CAUTELY, 1840 ) LYDEKKER, 1886
Etymology:
= Crocodilus leptorhynchus crassidens FALCOLONER & CAUTLEY, 1840
= Gharialis crassidens LYDEKKER, 1880
Holotype: BMNH 39802
Locality: Pakistan.
Horizon: Siwalik Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Upper Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Distal portion of a mandibular symphysis and tooth.
Referred material:
LYDEKKER, 1888
BMNH 39804: Middle portion of a skull.
BMNH 39803: Anterior portion of the symphysis.
BMNH R760: Fragmentary quadrate and quadrato-jugal.
BMNH 16218: Anterior left symphysis.
BMNH R776: Imperfect cervical vertebra.
BMNH R776a, R759, R761, R761a, R762, R763, R777: Fragmentary dorsal vertebrae.
BMNH R763a, R777a, R777b, R777c, R777d, R764: Dorsal vertebrae.
BMNH R766a, R766b: Left ilia.
BMNH 18460: Right fibula missing the proximal end.
BMNH R766, 39817: Fragmentary scute.
BMNH 17066, R783, 39815, 39816: Dorsal scutes.
BMNH 19818: Undetermined bone.
HEAD, 2001
Locality: Potwar Plateau, Pakistan.
Horizon: Chinji Formation, Siwalik Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Upper Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
Number: Not given: Skull.
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Species: pachyrhynchus (LYDEKKER, 1886) COURVILLE, METAIS, ANTOINE, MARIVAUX & JOUVE, 2025
= Gharialis pachyrhynchus LYDEKKER,
1886
Etymology: Greek, pachys, “thick” and Greek, rhynchus, “beak, snout.”
Holotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) R602
Locality: Lower Siwalik of Sind, North-western India.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oligocene- Middle Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Distal extremity of a cranial rostrum.
Referred material:
LYDEKKER, 1888
NHMUK (old BMNH) R615a: Crown of a tooth.
NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504: Fragmentary symphysis of a juvenile.
NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504a: 4 fragmentary dorsal scutes.
NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504b: Fragmentary dorsal centrum.
= Rhamphosuchus cf. pachyrhynchus COURVILLE, METAIS, ANTOINE, MARIVAUX & JOUVE, 2025
Locality: Sehwan, Sindh, and Kumbi in the Bugti Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Aquitanian, Early Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
GSI (IM) E29: Anterior portion of a snouth lacking the premaxillae and probably the first alveoli.
MNHN.PAK 919: Anterior portion of a mandibualr symphysis.
Locality: Laki Hills, Sindh,Pakistan.
Horizon: Lower Siwalik.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oligocene- Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
IM E30: Maxilla.
Locality: Kumbi, Shamoli, Pakistan.
Horizon: Lower Siwalik.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oligocene- Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
MNHN.PAK1290: Fragments of a dentary and premaxilla.
MNHN.PAK1804: Fragment of mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK1959: Posterior portions of premaxillae and most of the anterior portions of the maxillae.
MNHN.PAK433: Fragment of mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK434: Fragments of maxilla and dentary.
MNHN.PAK435: Posterior portion of symphysis.
MNHN.PAK437: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK438: Mandibular fragment.
MNHN.PAK439: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK456: Mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK462: Fragment of mandibualr symphysis.
MNHN.PAK464: Mandibular fragment.
MNHN.PAK466: Mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK469: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK470: Fragment of mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK472: Fragment of mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK530: Posterior portions of premaxillae adn most of teh anterior portion of the maxillae.
MNHN.PAK531: Posterior fragment of maxillae.
MNHN.PAK532: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK533:Posterior portion of right symphysis.
MNHN.PAK534: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK535: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK536: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK537: Posterior portin of right symphysis.
MNHN.PAK538: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK539: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK540: Posterior portion of right symphysis.
MNHN.PAK543: Fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK544: Posterior fragment of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK545: Anterior symphysis.
MNHN.PAK547: Fragment of right premaxilla.
MNHN.PAK548: Posterior portion of symphysis.
MNHN.PAK552: Posterior mandibular symphysis.
MNHN.PAK553: Posterior portion of a left mandibular ramus.
MNHN.PAK557: Fragments of maxilla and dentary.
MNHN.PAK569: Posterior part of rostrum.
MNHN.PAK564: Posterior portion of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK719: Mandibular fragment.
MNHN.PAK833: Anerior portion of a left dentary.
MNHN.PAK899: Posterior portion of maxilla.
MNHN.PAK908: Fragment of maxillae.
MNHN.PAK919: Anterior portion of a mandibular symphysis. (cf. pachyrhynchus).
Locality: Gandoi, Pakistan.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oligocene- Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
MNHN.PAK1914: Left anterior symphysis.
MNHN.PAK1915: Almost complete premaxillae and most of the maxillae.
Locality: DB4, route de Sui, Pakistan.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oligocene- Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
MNHN.PAK2030: Anterior fragment of a premaxilla.
= Gavialis curvirostris var gajensis PILGRIM, 1912
Etymology:Holotype:
Locality: Bugti Hills, Punjab State, India.
Horizon: Gaj horizon.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Cranial rostrum from orbits forward.
= Garialis breviceps PILGRIM, 1912
Etymology: Latin, brevis, "short" and Latin, -ceps, "head."Holotype: GSI (IM) E224, GSI (IM) E226
Locality: Kumbi, Bugti Hills, Punjab State, India.
Horizon: Gaj horizon.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Cranial rostrum and mandibular symphysis.
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