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Definition of Genus Tomistoma

1. Noun. A genus of Malayan crocodiles.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tomistoma

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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