A skull of the extinctGavialis speciesG. bengawanicus, which lived in the Pleistocene
Gavialis is agenus ofcrocodylians that includes the livinggharialGavialis gangeticus and one known extinct species,Gavialis bengawanicus.[1]G. gangeticus comes from theIndian subcontinent,[2] whileG. bengawanicus is known fromJava.Gavialis likely first appeared in the Indian Subcontinent in the Pliocene and dispersed into theMalay Archipelago through a path called the Siva–Malayan route in theQuaternary. Remains attributed toGavialis have also been found onSulawesi andWoodlark Island east of theWallace Line, suggesting a prehistoric lineage ofGavialis was able to traverse marine environments and reach places possibly as far as westernOceania.[3]
^Delfino, M.; De Vos, J. (2010). "A revision of the Dubois crocodylians,Gavialis bengawanicus andCrocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.30 (2): 427.Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..427D.doi:10.1080/02724631003617910.S2CID86396515.
^Swinton, W. E. (1937). "The crocodile of Maransart (Dollosuchus dixoni [Owen])".Mémoires du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.80: 1–44.
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