| Eogavialis Temporal range: Late Eocene – Pliocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Metasuchia |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Genus: | †Eogavialis Buffetaut 1982 |
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Eogavialis is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodylian. It superficially resembles Tomistoma schlegelii, the extant false gharial, and consequently material from the genus was originally referred to Tomistoma. Indeed, it was not until 1982 that the name Eogavialis was constructed after it was realised that the specimens were from a more basal form.[1]
- ^ Buffetaut, E. (1982). "Systématique, origine et évolution des Gavialidae Sud-Américains". Geobios. 15 (Suppl 1): 127–140. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(82)80107-1.