Gavialis_pachyrhynchus

<i>Gavialis pachyrhynchus</i>

Gavialis pachyrhynchus

Extinct species of reptile

Gavialis pachyrhynchus is an extinct species of gavialid from the Miocene of India.[2][3] Although only known from fragmentary jaw material, the size of this material is substantially larger than comparable bones in large gharials.[4]

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A 2018 re-evaluation of the genus Gavialis suggests that G. pachyrhynchus be instead moved under the genus Rhamphosuchus.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Martin, J. E. (2018). "The taxonomic content of the genus Gavialis from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (3): 483–497. doi:10.1002/spp2.1247.
  2. [2]
    "Gavialis pachyrhynchus Lull, 1944". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    Gavialis pachyrhynchus in Fossilworks.
  4. [4]
    Lull, R. S. (1944). "Fossil gavials from north India". American Journal of Science. 242 (8): 417–430. Bibcode:1944AmJS..242..417L. doi:10.2475/ajs.242.8.417.


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