Species: gangeticus (GMELIN, 1789) (Living)
Etymology: In reference to the Ganges (River), and Latin, -icus, "belonging to": Belonging to the Ganges River.
= Lacerta gangeticus GMELIN, 1789
(Indian gharial, Indian gavial, Fish-eating crocodile, Gavial del Ganges, Gavial du Gange, Long-nosed crocodile, Bahsoolia, Nakar, Chimpta, Lamthora, Mecho Kumhir, Naka, Nakar, Shormon, Thantia, Thondre, Garial).

Locality: Indian sub-continent and Burma, frequenting the rivers Indus, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Bhima, Ganges, Mahandi (Orissa) and Kaladan (Arakan) together with their tributaries.

= Crocodilus gavial BONNATERRE, 1789
Etymology:
= Crocodilus longirostris SCHNEIDER, 1802
Etymology: Latin, longirostris, "long snouted."
= Crocodilus arctirostris DAUDIN, 1802
Etymology:
= Crocodilus tenuirostris GUERIN-MENEVEILLE, 1829
Etymology:
= Rhamphostoma tenuirostris (GUERIN-MENEVEILLE, 1829)

Referred material:

DUBIOS, 1892

Locality: Sumatera (Sumatra) Island, Indonesia.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

= ?Gavialis gangeticus HEAD, 1997

Locality: Pakistan.

Horizon: Siwalik Dhok Pathan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material:

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.

 

LYDEKKER, 1888

Locality: Siwalika Hills, Punjab State, India.

Horizon: Pinjor beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) R784: Occipoito-pariteal region of skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R784a: Interorbital region of skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39809, 36726, R783c, R785, R786, R787, R791, 36727, R775: Posterior portion of a skulls.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 40206, 39810, R774: Posterior portion of juvenile skulls.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39811a: Anterior portion of a skull and rostrum.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39811: Anterior portion of rostrum of a juvenile.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 48461: Anterior premaxilla.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R783a: Anterior portion of a symphysis.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39812: Anterior part of the right symphysis.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R783d: Tooth.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R183b: Palatal plates of the pterygoids and part of the palatines.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 19813: Dorsal vertebrae and scutes.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39814: Dorsal scutes.

 

Locality: Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, Siwaliks, Punjab State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) R772: Posterior portion of a juvenile skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 40695: Posterior portion of skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 222: Parietal region of a young skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R746a: Dorsal vertebrae and dermal scutes of the right side.

 

 

Locality: Siwaliks, Punjab State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) R615: Several teeth.

 

cf. gangeticus PATNAIK & SCHLEICH, 1993

Locality: Saketi, Himachal Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Upper Siwalik.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

VPL./RP-R 1a: 2 fragments of a mandible.

VPL/RP-2-9: 8 isolated and broken teeth.

SAN & BANERJEE, 1984

Locality: Peat bed, Near Barrackpore, 24-Pargans, West Bengal, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

PBQA 1: Postorbital portion of a skull.

PBQA 2, 3, 4: Three large vertebrae.

 

TRIVEDY, 1966

Locality: Tripura State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material:

Number: Not given:

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Species: leptodus (CAUTLEY & FALCONER, 1836)
Etymology:
= Crocodilus leptodus CAUTLEY & FALCONER, 1836

Holotype: BMNH 39806

Locality: Upper Siwalik? Punjab State, India.

Horizon: Uncertain, Tatrot Formation or Pinjor Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material: Fragmentary symphysis.
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Species: hysudricus LYDEKKER, 1886
Etymology:
= Crocodilus leptodus FALCONER & CAUTLEY, 1868 (partim)

Holotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) 39805

Locality: Upper Siwalik, Dhok Pathan, Punjab State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material: Part of a cranium and the greater part of cranial rostrum.

Referred material:

LYDEKKER, 1888

Material: Siwalik Hills, Punjab State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) R325: Posterior portion of a mandibular symphysis.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39808: Posterior region of an adult skull.

NHMUK (old BMNH) R326: Posterior portion of an immature skull.

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Species: pachyrhynchus LYDEKKER, 1886
Etymology: Greek, pachys, “thick” and Greek, rhynchus, “beak, snout.”

Holotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) R602

Locality: Lower Siwalik of Sind, North-western India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material: Distal extremity of a cranial rostrum.

Referred material:

LYDEKKER, 1888

NHMUK (old BMNH) R615a: Crown of a tooth.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504: Fragmentary symphysis of a juvenile.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504a: 4 fragmentary dorsal scutes.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 32504b: Fragmentary dorsal centrum.

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Species: curvirostris LYDEKKER, 1886
Etymology:

Holotype: IM E 26, 187, 23

Locality: Laki Hills, Sindh,Pakistan.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material: 3 imperfect crania and parts of the rostrum.

Referred material:

= Gavialis curvirostris var gajensis PILGRIM, 1912
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Bugti Hills, Punjab State, India.

Horizon: Gaj horizon.

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material: Cranial rostrum from orbits forward.

 

WELCOMME, ANTOINE, DURANTHON, MEIN & GINSBURG, 1997

Locality: 0.60 m of conglomerate, Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

Locality: 10 m of cream color sand, Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

= Crocodilus naricus PILGRIM, 1908
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Bugti Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material:

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Species: kerunense (ANDREWS, 1905)
Etymology:
= Tomistoma kerunense ANDREWS, 1905

Holotype:?

Locality: Egypt, North Africa.

Horizon: Birket-el-Qurum.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period, Lower Tertiary Subera, Lower Cenozoic Era.

Material: Fragmentary skull.
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Species: bengawanicus DUBOIS, 1908 ( Vide JANENSCH, 1911)
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Trinil, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material: Posterior portion of a skull and a complete lower jaw.

Referred material:

DELVINO & DE VOIS, 2010

CD 1: 2 skulls.

CD 2: Dentary.

CD 5: Rostrum.

CD 7: Mandible.

CD 8: Dentary.

CD9, 1617a: Skull.

CD 10 (partim): 86 teeth.

CD 34b (partim): 33 teeth.

CD 246 (partim): 3 jugals and 2 skull fragments.

CD 1473c (partim): 162 teeth.

CD 1477 (partim): 2 teeth.

CD 1615 (partim): 190 teeth.

CD 1616: Skull table and 10 teeth.

CD 1618: Supraoccipital.

CD 1620: Dentary.

CD 1621a: Dentary.

CD 1623: Skull.

CD 2655 (partim): 68 teeth.

CD 6401: Axis.

MB R 1957.1-2: Mandible.

MB R 1960: Skull.

MB R unnumbered: 103 teeth, 1 mandibular fragment, 1 2kull roof.

 

Locality: Kali Gedeh, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 33 (partim): Tooth.

 

Locality: Kedung Brubus, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 37b: Mandible.

CD 2716 (partim): Tooth.

 

Locality: Kedung Lumbu, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 6, 25: Mandible.

 

Locality: Ngandjar, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 23: 2 splenials.

 

Locality: Pitu, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 4, 32, 2715: Mandible.

 

Locality: Teguan, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 37a (partim): Dentary.

 

Locality: Teguan or Bogo, Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 1461a: 8 teeth.

 

Locality: Java, Greater Sunda Island, Indonesia.

Horizon: Pithecanthropus Beds.

Biostratigraphy: Homo erectus fauna.

Age: Middle Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

CD 1614 (partim): Mandible.

CD 1621b: Skull fragment.

CD 12947: Skull fragment.

CD 15583: Osteoderm.

CD 15584: 3 osteoderms.

RGM 27804: Mandible.

 

MARTIN, BUFFETAUT, NAKSRI, LAUPRASERT, & CLAUDE, 2012

Locality: Khok Sung, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy: Stegodon fauna.

Age: Lower Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

DMR-KS-201202-1: A complete skull and associated mandibles.

DMR-KS-03-25-23: A skull missing teh rostrum and much of the palate.

DMR-KS-05-06-22-1: A pair of dentaries.

DMR-KS-05-03-27-7: A right humerus.

DMR-KS-03-27-22: A right proximal portion of humerus.

DMR-KS-05-03-27-22: A left distal portion of ahumeurs, a left femur.

DMR-KS-05-03-26-12, 05-03026-40, 05-03-26-41, 05-03-27-23, 05-03-27-24, 05-03-27-25: 6 osteoderms,

DMR-KS-12-03-05: Three osteoderms.

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Species: breviceps PILGRIM, 1912
Etymology: Latin, brevis, "short" and Latin, -ceps, "head."

Holotype: Not determined.

Locality: Kumbi, Bugti Hills, Punjab State, India.

Horizon: Gaj horizon.

Biostratigraphy:

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

Material: Cranial rostrum and mandibular symphysis.
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Species: cairense (MULLER, 1927)
Etymology:
= Tomistoma cairense MULLER, 1927

Holotype: SMNS 10575

Locality: Egypt, North Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Eocene Epoch, Paleogene Period, Lower Tertiary Subera, Lower Cenozoic Era.

Material: Imperfect skull.
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Species: tenuirostris (MULLER, 1927)
Etymology:
= Tomistoma tenuirostre MULLER, 1927

Holotype:

Locality: Egypt, North Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Oligocene Epoch, Upper Paleogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic.

Material: 2 mandibular symphysis, with a third broken lower jaw.
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Species: browni MOOK, 1932
Etymology:

Holotype: AMNH 6279

Locality: 1 mile south of Nathot, Middle Siwalik, Punjab State, India.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material: Skull missing anterior tip.
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Species: lewisi LULL, 1965
Etymology:

Holotype: YPM VP 3226

Locality: South of the Soan River not far from the village of Dhok Pathan, Middle Siwalik of the Punjab State, India.

Horizon: Dhok Pathan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Pliocene Epoch, Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material: Posterior portion of skull.