Goniopholididae Temporal range: Calsoyasuchus is a goniopholidid
Possible Early Jurassic record if | |
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Amphicotylus milesi from the Late Jurassic of North America | |
Skull of Goniopholis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Family: | †Goniopholididae Cope, 1875 |
Subgroups | |
Goniopholididae is an extinct family of moderate-sized semi-aquatic neosuchian crocodyliformes. Their bodyplan and morphology are convergent on living crocodilians. They lived across Laurasia (Asia, Europe and North America) between the Middle Jurassic (possibly Early Jurassic, see below) and the Late Cretaceous.