Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae
Alternative spellings: Goniophididae, Goniopholidae
Parent taxon: Coelognathosuchia according to J. E. Martin et al. 2016
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Averianov 2001, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1982, Buffetaut and Ingavat 1983, Carrano 2025, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Delair 1958, Dollo 1883, Dollo 1884, Gasparini et al. 2006, Gauthier et al. 1989, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Maisch et al. 2003, Martin et al. 2010, Montefeltro et al. 2013, Pritchard et al. 2013, Salisbury and Naish 2011, Smith et al. 2010, Storrs and Efimov 2000, Tykoski et al. 2002, Wings et al. 2010, Wu et al. 1996 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxon: Tethysuchia
Subtaxa: Amphicotylus Anteophthalmosuchus Calsoyasuchus Coelosuchus Denazinosuchus Eutretauranosuchus Goniopholinae Goniopholis Goniopholis tenuidens Hulkepholis Nannosuchus Ophiussasuchus Oweniasuchus Oweniasuchus lusitanicus Pinaosuchus Pliogonodon Siamosuchus Sunosuchus Symptosuchus Symptosuchus contortidens
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Brazil (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (4), Japan (2), Mexico (5), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), Spain (27), Thailand (4), the United Kingdom (30), United States (26: Idaho, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (9), Ethiopia (2), France (3), Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (3), Mongolia (1), Portugal (8), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (52: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 201 collections including 211 occurrences