Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: M. B. d. Andrade, R. Edmonds, M. J. Benton and R. Schouten. 2011. A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S66-S108

Belongs to Goniopholis according to J. E. Martin et al. 2016

See also Andrade et al. 2011 and Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Goniopholis affinis, Goniopholis baryglyphaeus, Goniopholis brodiei, Goniopholis crassidens, Goniopholis felix, Goniopholis gilmorei, Goniopholis pugnax, Goniopholis simus, Goniopholis undidens, Goniopholis vebbianus

Type specimen: DORCM 12154, a partial skull (Well-preserved skull, dorsoventrally flattened, lacking mandibles and most teeth). Its type locality is Northern end of Durlston Bay, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial limestone/mudstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Northern end of Durlston Bay

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