Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Family) Gavialidae

Current position

Gavialidae (Family) Adams, 1854

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 620.

Alternative positions

Gavialinae (Subfamily) Adams, 1854	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 966.
Gavialoidea (Clade) Case 1930 [Brochu 2003]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.

Historical positions

Gavialoidea (Clade) Case 1930 [Brochu 2003]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.
Gavialoidea (Clade) Case 1930 [Brochu 2003]	Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5. [inferred name]
Crocodylia (Clade) Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988]	Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: fig. 43A. [rough position]
Gavialoidea (Clade) Case 1930 [Brochu 2003]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 2.
Gavialidae (Family) Adams, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 620.
Gavialinae (Subfamily) Adams, 1854	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 966.
Crocodylidae (Family) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Gavialidae (Family) Adams, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.
Alligatores (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 4 Nov 2016	[1s]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[1s]
1982	W.E. Duellman: 966	1s