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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) and Lang and Guilette (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008) and 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) and 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) and Lang and Guilette (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Zaher et al. (2006), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008) and 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) and 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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1811 | Gavialis Oppel |
| 1845 | Gavialis Meyer p. 281 |
| 1902 | Gavialis Hay p. 515 |
| 1930 | Gavialis Hay p. 148 |
| 1988 | Gavialis Carroll |
| 1996 | Gavialis Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Gavialis Kraus p. 389 |
| 2002 | Gavialis Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
| 2004 | Gavialis Pol and Norell |
| 2005 | Gavialis Delfino et al. |
| 2006 | Gavialis Jouve et al. |
| 2006 | Gavialis Zaher et al. |
| 2007 | Gavialis Vélez-Juarbe et al. |
| 2008 | Gavialis Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2008 | Gavialis Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Gavialis Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2011 | Gavialis Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2011 | Gavialis Puértolas et al. |
| 2012 | Gavialis Martin et al. |
| 2016 | Gavialis Salas-Gismondi et al. |
| 2021 | Gavialis Rio and Mannion |
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G. Gavialis Oppel 1811 [gharial]
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†Gavialis bengawanicus Dubois 1908
†Gavialis browni Mook 1932
Gavialis gangeticus Gmelin 1789 [Gharial]
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Invalid names: Gavialis hysudricus Lydekker 1886 [synonym]
†Gavialis lewisi Lull 1944
Gavialis priscus Soemmering 1815
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available