Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Goniopholis simus

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Goniopholis simus was named by Owen (1879). Its type specimen is NHMUK 41098, a skull (Complete skull and paravertebral osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swanage quarry, which is in a Berriasian marginal marine limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. felchi

Synonyms
  • Petrosuchus laevidens was named by Owen (1878). Its type specimen is BMNH 41099, a mandible (Partial mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swanage quarry, which is in a Berriasian marginal marine limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Goniopholis simus by Salisbury (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Petrosuchus laevidens Owen
1879Goniopholis simus Owen
1883Goniopholis simus Dollo p. 315
1884Goniopholis simus Dollo p. 8
1928Goniopholis simus Perrier p. 3089
1958Goniopholis simus Delair p. 61
1958Petrosuchus laevidens Delair p. 62
1983Goniopholis simus Estes p. 210
1999Goniopholis simus Salisbury et al.
2002Goniopholis simus Salisbury
2006Goniopholis simus Karl et al.
2011Goniopholis simus Andrade et al.
2012Goniopholis simus Bronzati et al.
2014Goniopholis simus Sertich and O'Connor
2015Goniopholis simus Puértolas-Pascual et al.
2016Goniopholis simus Martin et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusGoniopholis
speciessimusOwen 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Goniopholis simus Owen 1879
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Petrosuchus laevidens Owen 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis simus (type locality: 123313) Petrosuchus laevidens (123319)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Goniopholis simus (122854)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Goniopholis simus (136751)