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Hulkepholis willetti

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Goniopholis willetti was named by Salisbury and Naish (2011). Its type specimen is BMB 001876, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cuckfield, Willett specimen, which is in a Valanginian lagoonal claystone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Hulkepholis.

It was recombined as Hulkepholis willetti by Buscalioni et al. (2013), Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2015), Martin et al. (2016), Arribas et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Goniopholis willetti Salisbury and Naish
2013Hulkepholis willetti Buscalioni et al.
2015Hulkepholis willetti Puértolas-Pascual et al.
2016Hulkepholis willetti Martin et al.
2019Hulkepholis willetti Arribas et al.

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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
genusHulkepholis
specieswilletti()

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.

†Hulkepholis willetti Salisbury and Naish 2011
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (type locality: 122889)