Gavialis pachyrhynchus is an extinct species of gavialid from the Miocene of India.[2][3] Although only known from fragmentary jaw material, the size of this material is substantially larger than comparable bones in large gharials.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Gavialidae |
| Genus: | Gavialis |
| Species: | G. pachyrhynchus
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| Gavialis pachyrhynchus | |
A 2018 re-evaluation of the genus Gavialis suggests that G. pachyrhynchus be instead moved under the genus Rhamphosuchus.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Martin, J. E. (2018). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (3): 483–497. doi:10.1002/spp2.1247.
- ^ "Gavialis pachyrhynchus Lull, 1944". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Gavialis pachyrhynchus in Fossilworks.
- ^ Lull, R. S. (1944). "Fossil gavials from north India". American Journal of Science. 242 (8): 417–430. Bibcode:1944AmJS..242..417L. doi:10.2475/ajs.242.8.417.
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