Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae
Synonym: Petrosuchus laevidens Owen 1878
Belongs to Goniopholis according to J. E. Martin et al. 2016
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Delair 1958, Dollo 1883, Dollo 1884, Estes 1983, Karl et al. 2006, Perrier 1928, Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015, Salisbury 2002, Salisbury et al. 1999 and Sertich and O'Connor 2014
Sister taxa: Goniopholis affinis, Goniopholis baryglyphaeus, Goniopholis brodiei, Goniopholis crassidens, Goniopholis felix, Goniopholis gilmorei, Goniopholis kiplingi, Goniopholis pugnax, Goniopholis undidens, Goniopholis vebbianus
Type specimens:
- Goniopholis simus: NHMUK 41098, a skull (Complete skull and paravertebral osteoderm). Its type locality is Swanage quarry, which is in a Berriasian marginal marine limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Petrosuchus laevidens: BMNH 41099, a mandible (Partial mandible). Its type locality is Swanage quarry, which is in a Berriasian marginal marine limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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