Toyotamaphimeia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Pseudosuchia
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Gavialidae
Subfamilia: Tomistominae
Genus: †Toyotamaphimeia
Species: †T. machikanensis
Name

Toyotamaphimeia Aoki, 1983

Type species: Tomistoma machikanense Kamei & Matsumoto, 1965 [Aoki, 1983: 90]

Etymology: "Toyotamaphime, a Japanese goddess of the crocodilian incarnate" [Aoki, 1983: 90]
References
Primary references

Aoki, R. 1983. A new generic allocation of Tomistoma machikanense, a fossil crocodilian from the Pleistocene of Japan. Copeia 1983(1): 89–95. DOI: 10.2307/1444701 Reference page.

Additional references

Kobayashi, Y., Tomida, Y., Kamei, T. & Eguchi, T. 2006. Anatomy of a Japanese tomistomine crocodylian, Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Kamei et Matsumoto, 1965), from the middle Pleistocene of Osaka Prefecture: the reassessment of its phylogenetic status within Crocodylia. National Science Museum monographs 35. 121 pp. ISBN 4878030208 Reference page.

Links

Toyotamaphimeia – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names
日本語: マチカネワニ属