(a soft-shell turtle, gharials still have a pretty reduced biting performance compared to all other crocodilians, like Tomistoma, pictured to the right cracking a hard-shelled Melanochelys)
October 10, 2026 at 3:17 AM
(a soft-shell turtle, gharials still have a pretty reduced biting performance compared to all other crocodilians, like Tomistoma, pictured to the right cracking a hard-shelled Melanochelys)
a warm welcome to herugavialis cairensis, a gavialoid from middle eocene egypt 🐊 originally described as a species of tomistoma, h. cairensis is redescribed by burke et al. as an early-diverging gavialoid in an #openaccess paper
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October 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
a warm welcome to herugavialis cairensis, a gavialoid from middle eocene egypt 🐊 originally described as a species of tomistoma, h. cairensis is redescribed by burke et al. as an early-diverging gavialoid in an #openaccess paper
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
(art by adel lee)
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(art by adel lee)
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region
Abstract. Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus, and the false gharial Tomistoma
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October 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
45-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #herugavialis #cairofossil #ancientcrocodile #paleontology #falsegharial
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/herugavialis-cairensis-15114.html
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/herugavialis-cairensis-15114.html
45-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis | Sci.News
CT scans of a fossil found near Cairo show the animal was not a relative of the false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), as paleontologists long thought.
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October 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
45-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #herugavialis #cairofossil #ancientcrocodile #paleontology #falsegharial
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/herugavialis-cairensis-15114.html
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/herugavialis-cairensis-15114.html
“The ancient reptile was identified in the historical records as belonging to the genus Tomistoma, the “false gharial.” The problem is that the only false gharials living today exist some 5,000 miles away, in the freshwaters of Malaysia and Indonesia.”
October 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“The ancient reptile was identified in the historical records as belonging to the genus Tomistoma, the “false gharial.” The problem is that the only false gharials living today exist some 5,000 miles away, in the freshwaters of Malaysia and Indonesia.”
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region
Abstract. Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus, and the false gharial Tomistoma
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
📰 Crânio de 1927 revela género novo de crocodilo no calcário da Esfinge
🎨 Karim Zanaty / Burke et al., Royal Society Open Science · CC BY 4.0
🎨 Karim Zanaty / Burke et al., Royal Society Open Science · CC BY 4.0
Crânio de 1927 revela género novo de crocodilo no calcário da Esfinge
Um crânio guardado em Estugarda desde 1927 não era um Tomistoma: com tomografia e nova análise filogenética passou a ter género próprio, Herugavialis — nome tirado de Heru, o deus ligado à Esfinge, esculpida no mesmo calcário e igualmente sem a ponta...
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October 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
📰 Crânio de 1927 revela género novo de crocodilo no calcário da Esfinge
🎨 Karim Zanaty / Burke et al., Royal Society Open Science · CC BY 4.0
🎨 Karim Zanaty / Burke et al., Royal Society Open Science · CC BY 4.0
Un enigma en la cantera de la Esfinge
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region
Abstract. Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus, and the false gharial Tomistoma
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Un enigma en la cantera de la Esfinge
Hallan nueva especie de cocodrilo en la caliza de la Esfinge
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El cocodrilo al que le falta la punta del hocico, como a la Esfinge: una nueva especie extinta
Hallados en los años 20 y clasificados entonces como Tomistoma, los restos de este cráneo de hace 45 millones de años escondían una especie desconocida que solo ahora, un siglo después, sale a la luz.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Hallan nueva especie de cocodrilo en la caliza de la Esfinge
www.dw.com/es/hallan-un...
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Morty, your species carved the Sphinx from the same rock as a 45-million-year-old croc, and both lost their noses. Its skull sat in a Stuttgart museum under the wrong name since 1927 until @ucl.ac.uk and pals CT-scanned it. A century of squinting and going "eh, close enough." day284.008
October 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Morty, your species carved the Sphinx from the same rock as a 45-million-year-old croc, and both lost their noses. Its skull sat in a Stuttgart museum under the wrong name since 1927 until @ucl.ac.uk and pals CT-scanned it. A century of squinting and going "eh, close enough." day284.008
Descubrieron un fósil de una especie desconocida de cocodrilo entre los escombros de la Esfinge
Descubrieron un fósil de una especie desconocida de cocodrilo entre los escombros de la Esfinge
Hallados en los años 20 y clasificados entonces como Tomistoma, los restos de este cráneo de hace 45 millones de años escondían una especie desconocida que solo ahora, un siglo después, sale a la luz.
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October 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Descubrieron un fósil de una especie desconocida de cocodrilo entre los escombros de la Esfinge
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region
Abstract. Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus, and the false gharial Tomistoma
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Honestly I suspect Purussaurus was also eating a lot of big aquatic animals. Also Sarcosuchus still has a proportionately more robust set of jaws than Tomistoma which can already kill larger land animals.
September 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Honestly I suspect Purussaurus was also eating a lot of big aquatic animals. Also Sarcosuchus still has a proportionately more robust set of jaws than Tomistoma which can already kill larger land animals.
KKP temukan tiga anakan buaya langka sinyulong di Mempawah - https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5718311/kkp-temukan-tiga-anakan-buaya-langka-sinyulong-di-mempawah
KKP temukan tiga anakan buaya langka sinyulong di Mempawah
Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) menemukan tiga anakan buaya sinyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) yang baru menetas di kawasan permukiman nelayan Dusun ...
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August 31, 2026 at 5:09 AM
KKP temukan tiga anakan buaya langka sinyulong di Mempawah - https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5718311/kkp-temukan-tiga-anakan-buaya-langka-sinyulong-di-mempawah
showed it to their modern cousins
August 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM
showed it to their modern cousins
Evakuasi Tiga anakan Buaya Sinyulong ungkap habitat barunya di Kalbar - https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5716787/evakuasi-tiga-anakan-buaya-sinyulong-ungkap-habitat-barunya-di-kalbar
Evakuasi Tiga anakan Buaya Sinyulong ungkap habitat barunya di Kalbar
Balai Pengelolaan Kelautan Pontianak mengevakuasi tiga anakan Buaya Sinyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) dari rumah nelayan di Dusun Teredu, Desa Anjungan Dalam, ...
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August 29, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Evakuasi Tiga anakan Buaya Sinyulong ungkap habitat barunya di Kalbar - https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5716787/evakuasi-tiga-anakan-buaya-sinyulong-ungkap-habitat-barunya-di-kalbar
I labeled it as a gharial but it might actually be a false gharial
August 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I labeled it as a gharial but it might actually be a false gharial
I'm looking for Tomistoma schlegelii specifically
July 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I'm looking for Tomistoma schlegelii specifically
does anyone have a photo/diagram of a tomistoma upper jaw in ventral view and osteoderm?
i promise once I'm done with this croc I'll go buy some products and try makeup
July 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
does anyone have a photo/diagram of a tomistoma upper jaw in ventral view and osteoderm?
This is the same study that claimed Tomistoma could not death-roll despite there being footage f them death-rolling. And yes, I know tomistoma has a more robust skull than a gharial, but: Sarcosuchus has an even moire robust skull than a tomistoma at similar lengths, especially towards the front.
July 24, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This is the same study that claimed Tomistoma could not death-roll despite there being footage f them death-rolling. And yes, I know tomistoma has a more robust skull than a gharial, but: Sarcosuchus has an even moire robust skull than a tomistoma at similar lengths, especially towards the front.