Species: dowsoni (FOUTAU, 1918) BURKE, NICHOLL, PITTARD, SALLAM & MANNION, 2024 (Type)
= Tomistoma dowsoni FOUTAU, 1918
Etymology:
Holotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) R4770 (Lost as per BURKE, NICHOLL, PITTARD, SALLAM & MANNION, 2024)
Locality: Wadi Moghara, Qattara Depression, Egypt, North Africa.
Horizon: Moghra (= Moghara) Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Burdigalian age, Lower Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Rostra and mandibular symphysis.
Referred material:
Loclaity: Siwa Oasis, Egypt, North Africa.
Horizon: Moghra (= Moghara) Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Burdigalian age, Lower Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
NHMUK PV R 4769: A partially complete skull, missing the basisphenoids, quadratojugals, pterygoids, ectopterygoids and mandible.
/LLINAS AGRASAR, 2004
Locality: Gebel Zelten, north-centraly Libya.
Horizon: Maradah Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Burdigalian age, Lower Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
MNHN LBE 300-302: A partial snouth in three pieces.
ARAMBOURG & MAGNIER, 1961
Locality: Libya.
Horizon: Burdigalian.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic
Material:
Number: Not given:
MULLER, 1927Locality: Egypt, North Africa.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
Number: Not given: Skull fragment and a portion of lower jaw.
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