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Goniopholididae

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Goniopholididae was named by Cope (1875). It was considered monophyletic by Maisch et al. (2003) and Wings et al. (2010).

It was corrected as Goniopholidae by Dollo (1883), Zittel (1890), Hay (1902), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Kuhn (1966), Storrs and Efimov (2000), Andrade et al. (2011), Pritchard et al. (2013) and Montefeltro et al. (2013); it was misspelled as Goniopholidae by Dollo (1884), Jaekel (1911), Hay (1930), Delair (1958), Buffetaut (1982), Buffetaut and Ingavat (1983), Carroll (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989), Wu et al. (1996), Averianov (2001), Tykoski et al. (2002), Maisch et al. (2003), Gasparini et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2010), Wings et al. (2010), Smith et al. (2010), Salisbury and Naish (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Martin et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Amphicoelia by Cope (1875); to Brevirostres by Zittel (1890); to Eusuchia by Hay (1902); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Goniopholidiformes by Hay (1930); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Metamesosuchia by Buffetaut (1982); to Mesosuchia by Dollo (1883), Dollo (1884), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Kuhn (1966), Buffetaut and Ingavat (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Wu et al. (1996), Averianov (2001) and Tykoski et al. (2002); to Crocodyliformes by Maisch et al. (2003); to Crocodyliformes by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Smith et al. (2010); to Neosuchia by Storrs and Efimov (2000), Gasparini et al. (2006), Martin et al. (2010), Wings et al. (2010), Andrade et al. (2011), Salisbury and Naish (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012), Pritchard et al. (2013) and Montefeltro et al. (2013); and to Coelognathosuchia by Martin et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Goniopholididae Cope
1879Goniopholis tenuidens Owen
1883Goniopholidae Dollo p. 330
1884Goniopholidae Dollo p. 9
1890Goniopholidae Zittel p. 676
1898Oweniasuchus lusitanicus Sauvage p. 26
1899Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino
1902Goniopholidae Hay p. 516
1911Goniopholidae Jaekel p. 164
1930Goniopholididae Hay p. 146
1946Goniopholidae Kuhn p. 64
1954Goniopholidae Huene p. 54
1958Goniopholidae Delair p. 61
1958Goniopholis tenuidens Delair p. 62
1966Goniopholidae Kuhn p. 83
1982Goniopholididae Buffetaut p. 18
1983Goniopholididae Buffetaut and Ingavat
1988Goniophididae Carroll
1989Goniopholidae Gauthier et al. p. 349
1996Goniopholididae Wu et al. p. 608
2000Goniopholidae Storrs and Efimov p. 409
2001Goniopholididae Averianov p. 776
2002Goniopholididae Tykoski et al.
2003Goniopholididae Maisch et al.
2006Goniopholidae Gasparini et al. p. 72
2010Goniopholididae Martin et al.
2010Goniopholididae Smith et al.
2010Goniopholididae Wings et al.
2011Goniopholidae Andrade et al.
2011Goniopholididae Salisbury and Naish
2012Goniopholididae Bronzati et al.
2013Goniopholidae Montefeltro et al.
2013Goniopholidae Pritchard et al.
2016Goniopholididae Martin 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
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875

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.

Fm. †Goniopholididae Cope 1875
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G. †Amphicotylus Cope 1878
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Amphicotylus lucasii Cope 1878
Amphicotylus milesi Yoshida et al. 2021
Amphicotylus stovalli Bronzati et al. 2012
G. †Anteophthalmosuchus Salisbury and Naish 2011
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Anteophthalmosuchus epikrator Ristevski et al. 2018
Anteophthalmosuchus esuchae Buscalioni et al. 2013
Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi Salisbury and Naish 2011
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Invalid names: Leiokarinosuchus brookensis Salisbury and Naish 2011 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leiokarinosuchus Salisbury and Naish 2011 [synonym]
G. †Calsoyasuchus Tykoski et al. 2002
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Calsoyasuchus valliceps Tykoski et al. 2002
G. †Coelosuchus Williston 1906
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Coelosuchus reedii Williston 1906
G. †Denazinosuchus Lucas and Sullivan 2003
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G. †Eutretauranosuchus Mook 1967
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G. †Goniopholis Owen 1842
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Goniopholis affinis Lull 1911
Goniopholis baryglyphaeus Schwarz 2002
Goniopholis felix Marsh 1877
Goniopholis gilmorei Holland 1905
Goniopholis kiplingi Andrade et al. 2011
Goniopholis simus Owen 1879
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Invalid names: Petrosuchus laevidens Owen 1878 [synonym]
Goniopholis undidens de la Moussaye 1884
Invalid names: Diplosaurus [synonym], Goniopholis brodiei Owen 1854 [nomen dubium], Goniopholis pugnax Koken 1887 [nomen dubium], Macellodus Owen 1854 [synonym]
G. †Hulkepholis Buscalioni et al. 2013
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Hulkepholis plotos Buscalioni et al. 2013
Hulkepholis rori Arribas et al. 2019
Hulkepholis willetti Salisbury and Naish 2011
G. †Nannosuchus Owen 1879
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G. †Ophiussasuchus López-Rojas et al. 2024
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Ophiussasuchus paimogonectes López-Rojas et al. 2024
G. †Oweniasuchus Woodward 1885
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Invalid names: Brachydectes Owen 1879 [replaced]
G. †Pliogonodon Leidy 1856
G. †Siamosuchus Lauprasert et al. 2007 [Siam crocodile]
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Siamosuchus phuphokensis Lauprasert et al. 2007
G. †Sunosuchus Young 1948
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Sunosuchus junggarensis Wu et al. 1996
Sunosuchus miaoi Young 1948
Sunosuchus shunanensis Fu et al. 2005
Invalid names: Sunosuchus shartegensis Efimov 1988 [nomen dubium]
G. †Symptosuchus Ameghino 1899
Invalid names: Goniopholinae Nopcsa 1928 [empty], Goniopholis tenuidens Owen 1879 [nomen dubium], Oweniasuchus lusitanicus Sauvage 1898 [nomen dubium], Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino 1899 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available