Tomistominae
Sign in to saveTomistominae is a subfamily of crocodylians that includes one living species, the false gharial. Many more extinct species are known, extending the range of the subfamily back to the Eocene epoch. In contrast to the false gharial, which is a freshwater species that lives only in southeast Asia, extinct tomistomines had a global distribution and lived in estuaries and along coastlines.
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Tomistominae es una subfamilia de crocodilianos que incluye a una especie viviente, el falso gavial. Muchas más especies hoy extinguidas se conocen, extendiendo el rango temporal de la subfamilia hasta el período Eoceno. En contraste con el falso gavial, que es una especie de agua dulce que vive solo en el sudeste de Asia, los tomistominos extintos tenían una distribución global y vivían en estuarios y a lo largo de las costas. La clasificación de los tomistominos dentro de Crocodylia es incierta; tradicionalmente se los ha considerado parte de Crocodyloidea, pero las evidencias moleculares sugieren que están más relacionados con los verdaderos gaviales, es decir, miembros de la superfamilia Gavialoidea.
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Tomistominae is a subfamily of crocodylians that includes one living species, the false gharial. Many more extinct species are known, extending the range of the subfamily back to the Eocene epoch. In contrast to the false gharial, which is a freshwater species that lives only in southeast Asia, extinct tomistomines had a global distribution and lived in estuaries and along coastlines.
The classification of tomistomines among Crocodylia has been in flux; while traditionally thought to be within Crocodyloidea, molecular evidence indicates that they are more closely related to true gharials as members of Gavialoidea.
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