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Taxon
Taxon
Goniopholididae
Nominal Author
Cope 1875
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Goniopholididae was established by Cope (1875) and later used by Steel (1973) as a family within Mesosuchia including the genera Baharijodon, Coelosuchus, Dakotasuchus, Doratodon, Eutretauranosuchus, Goniopholis, Itasuchus, Microsuchus, Oweniasuchus, Petrosuchus, Pinacosuchus, Pliogonodon, Polydectes, Shamosaurus, and Symptosuchus. The active and first definition of the taxon is stem-based and uses the nominotypical species as an internal specifier.
Potential Synonomy
Goniopholidae (Dollo 1883, spelling variant)

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Goniopholis crassidens Owen 1841 but not Pholidosaurus geoffroyi (Owen 1884), Alligatorellus beaumonti Gervais 1871, Peirosaurus torminni Price 1955, Araripesuchus gomesii Price 1959, Notosuchus terrestris Woodward 1896, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
> Goniopholis crassidens but not Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis, Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status ORIGINAL
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Goniopholis crassidens
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C

Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis, Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris, Crocodylus niloticus

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Datum
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2005

Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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