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Gavialinae

Reptilia - Gavialidae

Taxonomy
Gavialinae was named by Nopcsa (1923). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Gavialinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

It was assigned to Gavialidae by Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Gavialidae by Burke et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Sutekhsuchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Gavialinae Nopcsa
2021Gavialinae Rio and Mannion
2024Gavialinae Burke et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
superfamilyGavialoideaBrochu 1997
familyGavialidaeAdams 1854
subfamilyGavialinaeNopcsa 1923
subfamilyGavialinaeNopcsa 1923

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Gavialinae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Sutekhsuchus Burke et al. 2024
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†Sutekhsuchus dowsoni Fourtau 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Tomistoma dowsoni, Tomistoma lusitanica (13065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Egypt Tomistoma dowsoni (123296)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Tomistoma dowsoni (53970)