Anteophthalmosuchus

Anteophthalmosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian–Aptian
A. epikrator ("Dollo’s goniopholidid", specimen IRSNB R47), Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: †Goniopholididae
Genus: †Anteophthalmosuchus
Salisbury & Naish, 2011
Type species
†Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi
Salisbury & Naish, 2011
Other species
  • †A. escuchae Buscalioni et al., 2013
  • †A. epikrator Ristevski et al., 2017
Synonyms
  • Leiokarinosuchus brookensis Salisbury & Naish, 2011

Anteophthalmosuchus (meaning "forward-pointing eye crocodile") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Early Cretaceous of southern England, eastern Spain,[1][2][3] and western Belgium.[4]

  1. ^ Steven W. Salisbury; Darren Naish (2011). "Crocodilians". In Batten, D. J. (ed.). English Wealden Fossils. The Palaeontological Association (London). pp. 305–369.
  2. ^ Naish, Darren (2 December 2011). "The Wealden Bible: English Wealden Fossils, 2011". Tetrapod Zoology. Scientific American Blogs. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Escuchacrocs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Martin, J.E.; Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2016). "Osteology and affinities of Dollo's goniopholidid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (6): e1222534. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1222534. hdl:2318/1635521. S2CID 89199731.