Gavialosuchus

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Gavialosuchus

Entry/Object ID

2012.2.22

Description

Chemical Composition: Fe,Si,Ni Crystal System: Monoclinic System Description: Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Crocodilia Genus: Gavialosuchus Common Name: Gavialosuchus Age: Cretaceous Location: China Description: A complete, well preserved fossil in matrix. Physical Charateristics: Gavialosuchus is an extinct tomistomine from the late Oligocene and Miocene of eastern North America and early Miocene of Europe. Three species have been named: the type species G. eggenburgensis from the early Miocene of Austria; G. americanus, from the late Miocene to early Pliocene of Florida; and G. carolinensis, from the late Oligocene of South Carolina. Another species, as yet unnamed, may be present in the Miocene of Georgia. Unlike its modern fresh water relatives, Gavialosuchus was an estuarine and coastal water crocodilian, living in shallow marine waters, living alongside Metaxytherium, Pomatodelphis, and Hemipristis serra. It was long-snouted and large: G. carolinensis was at least 5.37 meters long (17.3 ft),[1] and one specimen of G. americanus is estimated at 9.75 meters (32.0 ft) long based on a 132 centimeters (52 in)-long skull.[2] Genus: Gavialosuchus Hardness: 6 Orthoclase Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) Luster: Glassy Class: Sauropsida Order: Crocodilia Phylum: Chordata Rock Type: Metamorphic

Collection

Mike Hammer Fossil Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2012.2

Source or Donor

Mike Hammer

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: MKH-21

Dimensions

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

3-3/4 in

Length

26 in

Location

Location

Drawer

2nd Shelf

Shelf

Right

Cabinet

Case# 49

Room

Delmar Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent