Genus: Dadagavialis SALAS-GISMONDI, MORENO-BERNAL, SCHEYER, SANCHEZ-VILLAGRA, & JARAMILO, 2018
Etymology: Tuna (indigenous language in Panama), Dada, "ancient" and Greek, gavialis.

Species: gunai SALAS-GISMONDI, MORENO-BERNAL, SCHEYER, SANCHEZ-VILLAGRA, & JARAMILO, 2018
Etymology: In honor of the Guna People, known as keen navigators of the Caribbean.

Holotype: UF312850

Locality: Locality 630059, east margin of the Panama Canal north of the Pedro Miguel locks, Panama, Central America.

Horizon: Centenario Fauna levels.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic.

Material:Partial snouth and rostral skull.