Tomistominae

Tomistominae; Temporal range: Eocene - Recent,
	False gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii
Scientific classification ; (disputed)
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Clade:	Longirostres
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Family:	Gavialidae
Subfamily:	Tomistominae; Kälin, 1955
Genera
	Tomistoma; †Dollosuchoides?; †Dollosuchus?; †Ferganosuchus?; †Gavialosuchus?; †Gunggamarandu; †Kentisuchus?; †Maomingosuchus?; †Maroccosuchus?; †Megadontosuchus?; †Paratomistoma?; †Penghusuchus?; †Rhamphosuchus?; †Toyotamaphimeia?; †Thecachampsa?;

Tomistominae is a subfamily of crocodylians that includes one living species, the false gharial. Many more extinct species are known, extending the range of the subfamily back to the Eocene epoch. In contrast to the false gharial, which is a freshwater species that lives only in southeast Asia, extinct tomistomines had a global distribution and lived in estuaries and along coastlines.

The classification of tomistomines among Crocodylia has been in flux; while traditionally thought to be within Crocodyloidea, molecular evidence indicates that they are more closely related to true gharials as members of Gavialoidea.

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