Paratomistoma (meaning "next to or near Tomistoma") is an extinct monospecific genus of gavialoid crocodylian.

It is based on the holotype specimen CGM 42188, a partial posterior skull and lower jaw discovered at Wadi Hitan, Egypt, in Middle Eocene-age rocks of the Gehannam Formation.

Paratomistoma was named in 2000 by Christopher Brochu and Philip Gingerich; the type species is P. courti in honor of Nicholas Court, who found CGM 42188.

They performed a phylogenetic analysis and found Paratomistoma to be a derived member of Tomistominae, related to the false gharial.

[4] However, recent molecular studies using DNA sequencing have consistently indicated that the false gharial (Tomistoma) (and by inference other related extinct forms in Tomistominae) actually belong to Gavialoidea (and Gavialidae).