Gavialinae

Gavialinae
Temporal range: Early Miocene-recent, 20–0 Ma Possible Late Cretaceous records, but see[1]
Indian gharial, Gavialis gangeticus
Hanyusuchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Subfamily: Gavialinae
Nopcsa, 1923
Genera

Gavialinae is a subfamily of large semiaquatic crocodilian reptiles, resembling crocodiles, but with much thinner snouts. Gavialinae is one of the two major subfamilies within the family Gavialidae - the other being the subfamily Tomistominae, which contains the false gharial and extinct relatives.

  1. ^ Brochu, Christopher A. (2004). "A new Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of thoracosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3). Christopher A. Brochu: 610. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0610:ANLCGC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 131176447. Retrieved May 3, 2003.