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Gavialis (gharial)
Taxonomy
Gavialis was named by Oppel (1811). It is extant. Its type is Gavialis gangeticus.
It was assigned to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Gavialidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Kraus (1998), Lang and Guilette (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2011); to Gavialoidea by Martin et al. (2012); to Gavialoidea by Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011), Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016); and to Gavialidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Gavialidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Kraus (1998), Lang and Guilette (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2011); to Gavialoidea by Martin et al. (2012); to Gavialoidea by Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011), Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016); and to Gavialidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
G. bengawanicus, G. browni, G. gangeticus (syn. G. hysudricus) (type species), G. lewisi, G. priscus