Claim: Toyotamaphimeia (Aoki, 1983) is an extinct  tomistomine crocodylian reptile of the Gavialidae family from the kingdom Animalia which lived in Japan during the Pleistocene and was closely related to the false gharial .
Evidence: Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis is an extinct tomistomine crocodylian which lived in Japan during the Pleistocene. Kingdom: Animalia Family: Gavialidae It is closely related to the false gharial and was originally described as a member of the same genus, Tomistoma. The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known as the Malayan gharial and the Sunda gharial, is a freshwater crocodilian in the family Gavialidae.