A relatively well preserved skull probably belonging to a new species of Gavialis is reported and preliminary described. This material comes from the south-eastern Pakistan (region of Sindh, Gaj Formation) and represents the oldest descibed material of the genus Gavialis as being of Early Miocene age (middle Burdigalian). Very probably the fossil coming from the Gaj river section, represents a new species. The morphology of this skull revealed that the closest form among the Indo-Pakistan fossil gharials is G. curvirostris naricus of Early-Middle Miocene.
Piras, P., Kotsakis, A. (2005). A new gavialid from the Early Miocene of south-eastern Pakistan (Preliminary Report), 2(-), 201-207.
A new gavialid from the Early Miocene of south-eastern Pakistan (Preliminary Report)
KOTSAKIS, Anastassios
2005-01-01
Abstract
A relatively well preserved skull probably belonging to a new species of Gavialis is reported and preliminary described. This material comes from the south-eastern Pakistan (region of Sindh, Gaj Formation) and represents the oldest descibed material of the genus Gavialis as being of Early Miocene age (middle Burdigalian). Very probably the fossil coming from the Gaj river section, represents a new species. The morphology of this skull revealed that the closest form among the Indo-Pakistan fossil gharials is G. curvirostris naricus of Early-Middle Miocene.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
