Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus ) are one of the biggest crocodilians (a group that includes alligators, crocodiles, and caimans) and have the narrowest snout of these different species. Their common name is due to the bulbous nasal snout of adult...
The tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii) is a freshwater crocodalian native to Southeast Asia. The tomistoma has quite an unusual appearance and about this species, there is not much information. It has one of the slimmest snouts of any living...
Gavialis pachyrhynchus is an extinct species of gavialid from the Miocene of India. Although only known from fragmentary jaw material, the size of this material is substantially larger than comparable bones in large gharials.A 2018 re-evaluation of...
Tomistoma cairense is an extinct species of gavialoid crocodilian from the Lutetian stage of the Eocene era. It lived in North East Africa, especially Egypt. Remains of T. cairense have been found in the Mokattam Formation, in Mokattam, Egypt....
