†Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi Salisbury and Naish 2011 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae
Synonym: Leiokarinosuchus brookensis Salisbury and Naish 2011
Full reference: S. W. Salisbury and D. Naish. 2011. Crocodilians. English Wealden fossils 305-369
Belongs to Anteophthalmosuchus according to J. Ristevski et al. 2018
See also Jouve 2017, Martin et al. 2016, Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015 and Salisbury and Naish 2011
Sister taxa: Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator, Anteophthalmosuchus esuchae
Type specimens:
- Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi: NHMUK R3876, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tie Pits, Atherfield Point, Isle of Wight, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lagoonal limestone in the Vectis Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Leiokarinosuchus brookensis: NHMUK 28966, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, posterior portions of the mandible. 4 cervical vertebrae and ribs, and 5 paravertebral osteoderms). Its type locality is Brook (Hastings collection), which is in a Hauterivian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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