Definition of Genus Tomistoma

1. Noun. A genus of Malayan crocodiles.

Exact synonyms: Tomistoma
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crocodylidae, Family Crocodylidae
Member holonyms: False Gavial, Tomistoma Schlegeli

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tomistoma

genus Tilia
genus Tillandsia
genus Tilletia
genus Timalia
genus Tinca
genus Tinea
genus Tineola
genus Tipuana
genus Titanosaurus
genus Tithonia
genus Todea
genus Todus
genus Tofieldia
genus Tolmiea
genus Tolypeutes
genus Tomistoma (current term)
genus Toona
genus Torreya
genus Tortrix
genus Townsendia
genus Toxicodendron
genus Toxostoma
genus Toxotes
genus Trachinotus
genus Trachipterus
genus Trachodon
genus Trachurus
genus Tradescantia
genus Tragelaphus

Literary usage of Genus Tomistoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"Of the genus Tomistoma one species, T. africanum, from the Middle Eocene (Qasr-el-Sagha Beds) of the Fay urn (GEOL. MAG. [4], Vol. VIII (1901), p. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"... which fits a corresponding concavity between two of the mandibular teeth, resembling in this the existing genus Tomistoma. TESTUDINATA. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"... and a crocodile with a slender muzzle, which he refers to the genus Tomistoma, under the name of T. ..."

4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"This curious creature has its head-quarters in the great rivers which debouch into the head of the Bay of Bengal; and one allied genus (Tomistoma or ..."

5. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"... dorsal scutes very wide, with slight keels. Frequently an additional upper tooth between the proper first and second. Genus TOMISTOMA, S. Müller '. Syn. ..."

6. Rendiconti by Reale Accademia dei Lincei (1886)
"On the Occurrence of the Crocodilian genus Tomistoma in the Miocene of the Maltese Islands. — Id. On the Cranium of a new Species of Erinaceus from the ..."

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