A reconstruction of the giant Pliocene gharial, Rhamphosuchus crassidens, with a Ganges river dolphin for size comparison.
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Rhamphosuchus
Illustration of fossil crocodylians from the Sewalik Hills in India, published in Palaeontological Memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer: with a biographical sketch of the author compiled and edited by Charles Murchison (Volume I, Rob. Hardwicke, 1868). Figures 1 and 2: Crocodilus crassidus (=Rhamphosuchus crassidens). Figures 3 and 4: Crocodilus Leptodus. Figure 5: Leptorhynchus Gangeticus. Date: 1868
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