Tomistoma cairense

Tomistoma cairense
Temporal range: Eocene: Lutetian,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Genus: Tomistoma
Species:
†T. cairense
Binomial name
†Tomistoma cairense
Müller, 1927

Tomistoma cairense is an extinct species of gavialoid crocodilian from the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch. It lived in North East Africa, especially Egypt. Remains of T. cairense have been found in the Mokattam Formation, in Mokattam, Egypt. Tomistoma cairense did not have a Maxilla process within their lacrimal gland, whereas all extant (living) crocodilians do.

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