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Goniopholididae

Goniopholidids
Temporal range: 196–66 Ma
Sinemurian - Maastrichtian
Goniopholis simus 3.jpg
Anteophthalmosuchus fossil, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: Goniopholididae
Cope, 1875
Subgroups

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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.

The following cladogram simplified after an analysis presented by Marco Brandalise de Andrade and colleagues in 2011.

Theriosuchus pusillus

Theriosuchus guimarotae

Rugosuchus

Bernissartia

Eusuchia

Stolokrosuchus

Tethysuchia

Thalattosuchia

Calsoyasuchus valliceps

"Goniopholis" phuwiangensis

Eutretauranosuchus delfi

"Sunosuchus" junggarensis

Sunosuchus miaoi

Chalawan thailandicus

Siamosuchus phuphokensis

Amphicotylus lucasii


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