Gavialis bengawanicus Dubois 1908 (gharial)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Belongs to Gavialis according to J. E. Martin 2019

See also Delfino and de Vos 2010 and Martin et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Gavialis browni, Gavialis gangeticus, Gavialis lewisi, Gavialis priscus

Type specimen: ‘Collectie Dubois,’ Naturalis, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, a skull. Its type locality is Trinil, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Indonesia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (8 collections), Thailand (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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