Anteophthalmosuchus

Anteophthalmosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
A. epikrator ("Dollo’s goniopholidid", specimen IRSNB R47), Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels
Scientific 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, and western Belgium.

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