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Goniopholididae is an
extinct family of moderate-sized semi-aquatic
neosuchian crocodyliformes.
Their bodyplan and
morphology are
convergent on living...
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Pliensbachian stages in
North America. It is
often identified as a
member of
Goniopholididae,
though this is disputed, and the
taxon may lie
outside Neosuchia,...
- Buscalioni, A.D.; Alcalá, L.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L. (2013). "European
Goniopholididae from the
Early Albian Escucha Formation in Ariño (Teruel, Aragón, España)"...
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features were an
indication of a wide-ranged
specialization among Goniopholididae and
indicated the
described specimen is a
holotype for a new genus...
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recovered as the
earliest branching member of the
neosuchian family Goniopholididae,
which radically alters times of
diversification for crocodylomorphs...
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Laganosuchus Stomatosuchus †Paluxysuchidae
Deltasuchus Paluxysuchus †
Goniopholididae Amphicotylus Anteophthalmosuchus Calsoyasuchus Coelosuchus De****nosuchus...
- dig site also
remains of fishes, amphibians, lizards,
pterosaurs and
Goniopholididae were present.
Neovenator was
likely the apex
predator of its ecosystem...
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Pseudosuchia Clade:
Crocodylomorpha Clade:
Crocodyliformes Family: †
Goniopholididae Genus: †Ophiussasuchus López-Rojas et al., 2024 Type
species Ophiussasuchus...
- relationships. In
their analysis,
Pholidosauridae was
monophyletic and
Goniopholididae was paraphyletic,
being an ****emblage of
successively more
basal taxa...
- It has
often been
interpreted as the
earliest diverging member of
Goniopholididae, but
other studies have
recovered it in
various other positions. The...
