Gavialidae

Gavialis gangeticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Gavialidae
Subfamiliae (2 + 1†): Gavialinae – Tomistominae – †Gryposuchinae

Name

Gavialidae Adams, 1854

• Type genus: Gavialis Oppel, 1811

References

Primary references

• Manual Nat. Hist.:70.

Additional references

• Hoser, R. 2012. A review of the taxonomy of the living crocodiles including the description of three new tribes, a new genus, and two new species. Australasian Journal of Herpetology (14): 9–16. PDF of whole issue Reference page.  [the author places the two extant genera, Gavialis and Tomistoma, in a "new tribe" Gavialini of family Crocodylidae, and he erroneously claims authorship of the "new tribe" (see ZooBank: 77BC8123-7F44-4DBE-A307-F7748196DC28)]

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Gaviale
• English: Gharial
• suomi: Gaviaali
• français: Gavial
• hrvatski: Gavijal
• magyar: Gaviálfélék
• 日本語: ガビアル亜科
• Nederlands: Gavialen
• norsk: Gangesgavial
• português: Gavial
• svenska: Gavial
• ไทย: ตะโขง
• Tiếng Việt: Họ Cá sấu Ấn Độ

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