Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Family) Gavialidae
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			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] | 
												
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