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Goniopholididae ✝

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Goniopholididae is an extinct family of moderate-sized semi-aquatic crocodyliforms superficially similar to living crocodiles (but see below). They lived between the Early Jurassic and the Late Cretaceous.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniopholididae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4822253	https://www.gbif.org/species/4822253
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56415	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56415

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Goniopholididae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
-	Pseudosuchia
-	Suchia	Krebs 1974
-	Paracrocodylomorpha	Parrish 1993
-	Loricata
-	Crocodylomorpha
suborder	Crocodyliformes	Hay 1930
-	Mesoeucrocodylia	Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
-	Neosuchia	Clark 1988
-	Coelognathosuchia
family	Goniopholididae	Cope 1875

Scientific Name

Goniopholididae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Amphicoelia	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated with evidence	Dollo, 1883
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated without evidence	Dollo, 1884
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Brevirostres	stated with evidence	Zittel, 1890
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Eusuchia	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Crocodili	stated without evidence	Jaekel, 1911
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated without evidence	Huene, 1954
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Delair, 1958
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated without evidence	Buffetaut and Ingavat, 1983
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesosuchia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated without evidence	Gauthier et al., 1989
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated without evidence	Wu et al., 1996
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Storrs and Efimov, 2000
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated without evidence	Averianov, 2001
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated with evidence	Tykoski et al., 2002
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated without evidence	Maisch et al., 2003
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Gasparini et al., 2006
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated without evidence	Smith et al., 2010
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Martin et al., 2010
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated without evidence	Wings et al., 2010
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Andrade et al., 2011
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated without evidence	Salisbury and Naish, 2011
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Bronzati et al., 2012
Goniopholididae	family	belongs to Coelognathosuchia	stated with evidence	Martin et al., 2016
Goniopholididae	family	misspelling of Goniopholididae	stated with evidence	Carrano, 2020

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

199 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Buffetaut and R. Ingavat. 1983. Goniopholis phuwiangensis nov. sp., a new mesosuchian crocodilian from the Mesozoic of northeastern Thailiand. Géobios 16(1):79-91

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniopholididae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Goniopholinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Amphicotylus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Anteophthalmosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Calsoyasuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	199 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Coelosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dakotasuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Denazinosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eutretauranosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	157 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Goniopholis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		85	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hulkepholis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kansajsuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Microsuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nannosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	145 Ma Late Jurassic	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Oweniasuchus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pinaosuchus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pliogonodon ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Siamosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Siam Crocodile	1	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sunosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Symptosuchus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vectisuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Woodbinesuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Zholsuchus procevus Nesov et al., 1989	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Zholsuchus procevus*
Goniopholidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholidae
Goniophididae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniophididae
Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino, 1899	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Symptosuchus contortidens*
Goniopholis tenuidens Owen, 1879	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Goniopholis tenuidens*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1875	Goniopholididae Cope
1879	Goniopholis tenuidens Owen
1883	Goniopholidae Dollo p. 330
1884	Goniopholidae Dollo p. 9
1890	Goniopholidae Zittel p. 676
1898	Oweniasuchus lusitanicus Sauvage p. 26
1899	Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino
1902	Goniopholidae Hay p. 516
1911	Goniopholidae Jaekel p. 164
1946	Goniopholidae Kuhn p. 64
1954	Goniopholidae Huene p. 54
1958	Goniopholidae Delair p. 61
1958	Goniopholis tenuidens Delair p. 62
1966	Goniopholidae Kuhn p. 83
1983	Goniopholididae Buffetaut and Ingavat
1988	Goniophididae Carroll
1989	Goniopholidae Gauthier et al. p. 349

Year	Name and Author
1989	Zholsuchus procevus Nesov et al.
1996	Goniopholididae Wu et al. p. 608
2000	Goniopholidae Storrs and Efimov p. 409
2001	Goniopholididae Averianov p. 776
2002	Goniopholididae Tykoski et al.
2003	Goniopholididae Maisch et al.
2006	Goniopholidae Gasparini et al. p. 72
2010	Goniopholididae Martin et al.
2010	Goniopholididae Smith et al.
2010	Goniopholididae Wings et al.
2011	Goniopholidae Andrade et al.
2011	Goniopholididae Salisbury and Naish
2012	Goniopholididae Bronzati et al.
2013	Goniopholidae Montefeltro et al.
2013	Goniopholidae Pritchard et al.
2016	Goniopholididae Martin et al.

References

Buffetaut E., Ingavat R. (1983) Goniopholis phuwiangensis nov. sp., a new mesosuchian crocodilian from the Mesozoic of northeastern Thailiand, Géobios 16 1, 79-91

Dollo L. Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart], Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2, 309-338

Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900

Sauvage H.-E. , Vertébrés Fossiles du Portugal. Contributions à l’Étude des Poissons et des Reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique [Fossil Vertebrates of Portugal. Contributions to the Study of the Fishes and Reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous], 1-46

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Jaekel O. (1911) , Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms], viii-252

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Huene F. v. (1954) , Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition, 1-66

Delair J. B. (1958) The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part one, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 79, 47-72

Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Gauthier J. A., Cannatella D., et al (1989) Tetrapod phylogeny, In B. Fernholm, K. Bremer, & H. Jörnvall (eds.), The Hierarchy of Life. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, 337-353

Wu X.-C., Brinkman D. B., et al (1996) Sunosuchus junggarensis sp. nov. (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33 4, 606-630

Storrs G. W., Efimov M. B. (2000) Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 402-419

Tykoski R. S., Rowe T. B., et al (2002) Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 593-611

Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T., et al (2003) Sunosuchus (Archosauria, Crocodyliformes) from the Toutunhe Formation (Middle Jurassic) of the Southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW-China), Geobios 36, 391-400

Gasparini Z., Pol D., et al (2006) An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia, Science 311, 70-73

Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y

Smith D. K., Allen E. R., et al (2010) A new specimen of Eutretauranosuchus (Crocodyliformes; Goniopholididae) from Dry Mesa, Colorado, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5, 1466-1477

Wings O., Schwaz-Wings D., et al (2010) Overview of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China, and description of isolated crocodyliform teeth from the Late Jurassic Liuhuanggoi locality, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 90, 283-294 doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0033-1

Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108

Salisbury S. W., Naish D. (2011) Crocodilians, English Wealden fossils, 305-369

Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606

Montefeltro F. C., Larsson H. C. E., et al (2013) A new neosuchian with Asian affinities from the Jurassic of northeastern Brazil, Naturwissenschaften 100 9, 835-841 doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1083-9

Pritchard A. C., Turner A. H., et al (2013) Osteology of a North American Goniopholidid (Eutretauranosuchus delfsi) and Palate Evolution in Neosuchia, American Museum Novitates 3783, 1-56

Martin J. E., Delfino M., et al (2016) Osteology and affinities of Dollo's goniopholidid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 6, e1222534:1-27 doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1222534

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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