Gavialidae

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Gavialidae
Gharials in captivity in Pierrelatte, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Crocodilia Family: Gavialidae
Genera
Gavialis Tomistoma

Gavialidae is a family of reptiles within the order Crocodilia. Gavialidae consists of only two surviving species, the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), which are each the sole living representatives of the two Gavialidae genera.

• • Subfamily Tomistominae
    • Genus †Kentisuchus
    • Genus †Gavialosuchus
    • Genus †Paratomistoma
    • Genus †Thecachampsa
    • Genus †Rhamphosuchus
    • Genus †Toyotamaphimeia
    • Genus Tomistoma
      • Tomistoma schlegelii, False gharial or Malayan gharial
      • †Tomistoma lusitanica
      • †Tomistoma cairense

† Indicates extinct group