gavialid
Noun
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Noun
gavialid (plural gavialids)
- (zoology) Any reptile of the family Gavialidae.
- 1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178 ↗,
- The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.
- 2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Austin Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, The Physical Geography of South America, page 39 ↗,
- Several genera of crocodiles, gavialids, and turtles evolved from Mesozoic stock.
- 2009, Christopher A. Brochu, Crocodylians (Crocodylia), S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar (editors), The Timetree of Life, page 147 ↗,
- The second was based on trees including Gavialis as the closest relative of Tomistoma, and two dates—the basal split within Crocodylia and the crocodylid–gavialid split—were estimated.
- 1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178 ↗,
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