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    Gavialis is a genus of crocodylians that includes the living gharial Gavialis gangeticus and one known extinct species, Gavialis bengawanicus. G. gangeticus...
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    Gharial (redirect from Gavialis gangeticus)
    Gavialidae was proposed by Arthur Adams in 1854 with Gavialis as the only genus in this family. Gavialis gangetica was the scientific name used by Albert...
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    S2CID 86396515. "Gavialis bengawanicus". Paleo-Database. Martin, J. E.; Buffetaut, E.; Naksri, W.; Lauprasert, K. & Claude, J. (2012). "Gavialis from the Pleistocene...
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  • 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...
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    †Eogavialis? Genus †Eosuchus? Genus †Eothoracosaurus? Genus Gavialis Gavialis gangeticus, gharial †Gavialis bengawanicus Genus †Gavialosuchus? Genus †Gryposuchus...
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  • gavialoid found on Woodlark Island of Papua New Guinea was initially named Gavialis papuensis in 1905, but has since been proposed to be a member of Ikanogavialis...
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    force of 1,704–6,450 N (383–1,450 lbf). The scientific name Crocodilus (Gavialis) schlegelii was proposed by Salomon Müller in 1838 who described a specimen...
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    Gavialis browni is an extinct species of the crocodylian genus Gavialis and a close relative of the living gharial Gavialis gangeticus. G. browni lived...
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    system and provide full protection for the gravely endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus). Administrative approval of the Government of India for the...
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    Osteolaemus: two species Family Gavialidae (Gharial and false gharial) Genus Gavialis: one species Genus Tomistoma: one species The extant Alligatoridae can...
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    the hollow bulbous protuberance on the snout of mature male gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) as it is shaped like a ghara. This protuberance enables them...
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    phylogenetically as including the last common ancestor of Crocodylus niloticus and Gavialis gangeticus and all of its descendants. Traditionally, crocodiles and alligators...
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    D. C., Buscalioni, A., Cubo, J., Kotsakis, T., & Raia, P. (2010). The Gavialis–Tomistoma debate: the contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth...
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  • coast of the country and the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is found in river areas, though is greatly reduced from its...
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    Crocodyloidea. Although many extinct species are known, only the gharial Gavialis gangeticus and the false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii are alive today,...
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    mostly teeth and skulls. Four species traditionally placed in the genus Gavialis may be included as well. Traditionally, many palaeontologists estimated...
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    in Venezuela. This species, named in 1965, was originally referred to Gavialis. Fragmentary material of Gryposuchus from the Fitzcarrald Arch in the Peruvian...
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    Dollosuchus (redirect from Gavialis dixoni)
    monospecific genus of tomistomine crocodilian originally named as a species of Gavialis. It is a basal form possibly related to Kentisuchus, according to several...
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    apex predator in freshwater ecosystems. It is sympatric with the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in the Rapti and Narayani Rivers, in the eastern Mahanadi,...
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    in 1870 by Othniel Charles Marsh, but was assigned to the genus Gavialis. The Gavialis minor holotype specimen YPM 282 consisted of cranial fragments and...
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    lives in the Ganges river View of the Terai region The threatened Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian found in the Ganges River...
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    and dugong. Reptiles include the gharial, the only living members of Gavialis and saltwater crocodiles. Birds include peafowl, pheasants, geese, ducks...
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    Gavialis Gharial (G. gangeticus) Tomistoma False gharial (T. schlegelii)...
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    of several hundred. Marsh crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris), gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) and other reptiles are also found in the region. Local crocodiles...
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    sizes. Crocodylia is cladistically defined as the last common ancestor of Gavialis gangeticus (the gharial), Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator)...
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    Gavialis Gharial (G. gangeticus) Tomistoma False gharial (T. schlegelii)...
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    of dams. The main sections of the Ganges River are home to the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), and the Ganges...
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    pseudosuchians. Clockwise from top-left: Longosuchus meadei (an aetosaur), Gavialis gangeticus (a crocodilian), Saurosuchus galilei (a loricatan), Pedeticosaurus...
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  • Alligator". 25 April 2016. Stevenson, C.; Whitaker, R. (2010). "Gharial Gavialis gangeticus" (PDF). In Manolis, S. C.; Stevenson, C. (eds.). Crocodiles...
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    Gavialis Gharial (G. gangeticus) Tomistoma False gharial (T. schlegelii)...
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