Gavialis pachyrhynchus

Gavialis pachyrhynchus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Gavialidae
Genus:	Gavialis
Species:	G. pachyrhynchus
Binomial name
	Gavialis pachyrhynchus; Lull 1944

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

"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. doi:10.2475/ajs.242.8.417.
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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[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.