Gavialis bengawanicus

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Gavialis bengawanicus
Temporal range:
middle Pleistocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Genus: Gavialis
Species:
†G. bengawanicus
Binomial name
†Gavialis bengawanicus
Dubois, 1908

Gavialis bengawanicus is an extinct species of crocodilian that is related to the modern

Indian gharial.[1] Fossils have been found in Thailand and Indonesia. The type locality is at Trinil.[2]

The presence of this species in Thailand may provide an explanation for the distribution of fossil gharials that appears disjunct, covering Pakistan and Java but not the connecting areas. The fossils suggest that gharials may have dispersed from Indo-Pakistan to Indonesia through Thailand without having to resort to marine routes.[3]

Below is a

extinct members, and how Gavialis bengawanicus is most closely related to the living gharial:[4]

Gavialidae

Gavialis gangeticus Gharial

Gavialis bengawanicus†

Gavialis browni†

Gryposuchus colombianus
†

Ikanogavialis†

Gryposuchus pachakamue
†

Piscogavialis†

Harpacochampsa†

Tomistoma lusitanicum
†

Tomistoma schlegelii False gharial

References

  1. S2CID 86396515
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  2. ^ "Gavialis bengawanicus". Paleo-Database.
  3. PMID 23028557
    .
  4. PMID 30051855
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