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Goniopholis kiplingi
Taxonomy
Goniopholis kiplingi was named by Andrade et al. (2011). Its type specimen is DORCM 12154, a partial skull (Well-preserved skull, dorsoventrally flattened, lacking mandibles and most teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northern end of Durlston Bay, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial limestone/mudstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Goniopholis kiplingi Andrade et al. p. S72 |
| 2015 | Goniopholis kiplingi Puértolas-Pascual et al. |
| 2016 | Goniopholis kiplingi Martin et al. |
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†Goniopholis kiplingi Andrade et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. B. d. Andrade et al. 2011 | Goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian with the unique combination of the following features: skull sublongirostrine, with rostrum between 66–70% of skull length (*); premaxillae in the shape of an axe head, in dorsal view, with deep notches at premaxilla-maxilla suture; naris orientated fully dorsally; perinarial crests present; narial border high throughout, but anterolateral border with deep notch on both sides; nasals widely excluded from narial border by posterordorsal branches of premaxillae; naso-oral foramen present and fully open, formed by premaxillae and maxillae; naso-oral fossa diamondshaped; maxillary depressions with all borders well defined, and three internal chambers, the first being the largest, and chambers decreasing in size posteriorly and bearing a neurovascular foramen at the bottom; lachrymals proportionally long and narrow, extending anteriorly beyond the maxillary depressions, but not tapering anteriorly (*); upper periorbital crest strong and divided into a longer anterior (lachrymal) and shorter posterior (prefrontal) sections; lachrymal fossa with extensive participation of jugal, but not of prefrontal; prefrontal extending posteriorly to the posteromedial border of the orbit; frontal participating at posteromedial (primary) border of the orbit; frontoparietal suture well within the intertemporal bar; supratemporal fossae subpolygonal, at least as large as orbit; frontal-postorbital suture complex; postorbital with anterolaterally directed process, short and robust; quadrate with two foramina aerum, one at posteromedial corner, one at dorsal surface; dorsal and posteromedial surfaces of quadrate separated by a smooth ridge (not acute crest); teeth crowns keeled, with enamel ornamented by thin, well-defined basi-apical ridges, non-anastomosed (base of the crown) to poorly anastomosed (appex), creating crenulations (false serrations) on the keels. |