Gavialinae
| Gavialinae Temporal range: Early Miocene-recent, Possible Late Cretaceous records, but see | |
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| Indian gharial, Gavialis gangeticus | |
| Hanyusuchus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Gavialidae |
| Subfamily: | Gavialinae Nopcsa, 1923 |
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Gavialinae is a subfamily of large semiaquatic crocodilian reptiles, resembling crocodiles, but with much thinner snouts. Gavialinae is one of the two major subfamilies within the family Gavialidae - the other being the subfamily Tomistominae, which contains the false gharial and extinct relatives.