Goniopholis
| Goniopholis Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Holotype skull of the "Swanage Crocodile", G. kiplingi on display at the Dorset Museum. Berriasian age (earliest Cretaceous). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Goniopholididae |
| Genus: | †Goniopholis Owen, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| †Goniopholis crassidens Owen, 1841 | |
| Species | |
Goniopholis (meaning "angled scale") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid crocodyliform that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Like other goniopholidids, it resembled living crocodilians, and probably had a similar ecology as semi-aquatic ambush predators.
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