Goniopholididae

Taxobox
name = Goniopholididae
fossil_range = Fossil range|196|90 Sinemurian - Cenomanian


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Mesoeucrocodylia
familia = Goniopholididae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Calsoyasuchus" "Dakotasuchus" "Eutretauranosuchus" "Goniopholis" "Sunosuchus"

Goniopholididae is an extinct family of moderate-sized semi-aquatic crocodilians similar to living crocodiles. They lived during the Early Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous.Steel R. 1973. "Crocodylia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Teil 16". Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag,116 pp.] Tykoski RS, Rowe TB, Ketcham RA, Colbert MW. 2002. "Calsoyasuchus valliceps", a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 22 (3): 593-611.]

Geographical distribution

Goniopholidids are known across Laurasia, ranging from North America, Europe and China from the Middle Jurassic.Maisch MW, Matzke AT, Stohr H. 2003. "Sunosuchus" (Archosauria, Crocodyliformes) from the Toutunhe Formation (Middle Jurassic) of the Southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW-China). "Geobios" 36 (4): 391-400.]

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