Entity:

Authorship

Original name

Oppel, 1811. Die Ordn. Rept., 19.

Types

Type of	:	*Gavialidae* (Family) Adams, 1854		Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 620. [inferred]
Type, by monotypy	:	*Gavialis gangeticus* (Gmelin, 1789)		Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.

Synonymous name

Gavialidae (Clade) Adams 1854 {Brochu 2003 (alt.)}

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361).

Full name

Gangesgavialen

Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975