Gavialis pachyrhynchus

Gavialis pachyrhynchus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Genus: Gavialis
Species:
G. pachyrhynchus
Binomial name
Gavialis pachyrhynchus

Gavialis pachyrhynchus is an extinct species of gavialid from the Miocene of India.[1][2] Although only known from fragmentary jaw material, the size of this material is substantially larger than comparable bones in large gharials.[3]

A 2018 re-evaluation of the genus Gavialis suggests that G. pachyrhynchus be instead moved under the genus Rhamphosuchus.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gavialis pachyrhynchus Lull, 1944". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ Gavialis pachyrhynchus in Fossilworks.
  3. ^ Lull, R. S. (1944). "Fossil gavials from north India". American Journal of Science. 242 (8): 417–430. doi:10.2475/ajs.242.8.417.
  4. ^ Martin, Jeremy E. (2018). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 0. doi:10.1002/spp2.1247. ISSN 2056-2802.



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