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Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator was named by Ristevski et al. (2018). Its type specimen is IWCMS 2001.446, a partial skeleton (An almost complete skull missing the mandible, along with associated postcranial material), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northwest of Hanover Point, which is in a Barremian terrestrial claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. escuchae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator Ristevski 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
genusAnteophthalmosuchus
speciesepikrator

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.

†Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator Ristevski et al. 2018
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi (type locality: 122894 122895)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator (22645)