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Goniopholis crassidens

Osteichthyes - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Goniopholis crassidens was named by Owen (1842). Its type specimen is NHMUK 3798 and 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. carinatus, G. felchi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Goniopholis crassidens Owen p. 72
1854Goniopholis crassidens Mantell p. 677
1861Goniopholis crassidens Owen p. 303
1869Goniopholis crassidens Seeley p. 82
1902Goniopholis crassidens Hay p. 516
1930Goniopholis crassidens Hay p. 146
1958Goniopholis crassidens Delair p. 61
2002Goniopholis crassidens Salisbury
2002Goniopholis crassidens Schwarz p. 187
2006Goniopholis crassidens Karl et al.
2012Goniopholis crassidens Bronzati et al.
2016Goniopholis crassidens Martin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciescrassidens

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-V. Karl et al. 2006Notch at premaxillo-maxillary suture at lateral margin of rostrum, short and broad premaxillae, external nares dorsally oriented and undivided, nasals excluded from external nares by premaxillae, broad interorbital plate, frontal forming only small portion of orbital margin, supratemporal foramen slightly larger or of similar size as orbit and nearly circular in outline, flat skull table
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, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 139.10000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (77058)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (type locality: 123314)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis sp. (52297)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (58094)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (222518)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain (Teruel) Goniopholis crassidens (36378)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Goniopholis crassidens (13268)