Goniopholis baryglyphaeus Schwarz 2002 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: D. Schwarz. 2002. A new species of Goniopholis from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Palaeontology 45(1):185-208

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

See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015 and Schwarz 2002

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

Type specimen: IPFUB Gui Croc 1, a partial skeleton (an articulated partial skeleton, including a nearly complete dorso-ventrally ¯attened skull with major portions of the lower jaw; four cervical vertebrae, six t). Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guimarota

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