†Gavialis browni Mook 1932 (gharial)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Full reference: C. C. Mook. 1932. A new species of fossil gavial from the Siwalik beds. American Museum Novitates 514:1-5
Belongs to Gavialis according to R. Kraus 1998
Sister taxa: Gavialis bengawanicus, Gavialis gangeticus, Gavialis lewisi, Gavialis priscus
Type specimen: AMNH 6279, a partial skull. Its type locality is 1 mile South of Nathot, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Siwaliks Formation of India.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (3 collections), Pakistan (1)
• Miocene of India (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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