Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator Ristevski et al. 2018 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: J. Ristevski, M. T. Young, M. B. Andrade and A. K. Hastings. 2018. A new species of Anteophthalmosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Goniopholididae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, and a review of the genus. Cretaceous Research 84:340-383

Belongs to Anteophthalmosuchus according to J. Ristevski et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Anteophthalmosuchus esuchae, Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi

Type specimen: IWCMS 2001.446, a partial skeleton (An almost complete skull missing the mandible, along with associated postcranial material). Its type locality is Northwest of Hanover Point, which is in a Barremian terrestrial claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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