稜角鱗鱷屬
(重定向自稜角鱗鱷)
稜角鱗鱷屬(屬名:Goniopholis)又名角鱗鱷,是種已滅絕鱷類,生存於侏儸紀晚期到白堊紀早期的北美洲、歐洲、以及亞洲。稜角鱗鱷是半水生動物,非常類似現代鱷魚。稜角鱗鱷的身長為2到4公尺之間,生活方式可能非常類似美洲短吻鱷或尼羅鱷。 稜角鱗鱷與已滅絕的鱷類祖先的親緣關係非常接近。
棱角鳞鳄 化石时期:
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Goniopholis simus,生存於白堊紀早期的德國 | |
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界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 爬行綱 Reptilia |
科: | †棱角鳞鳄科 Goniopholididae |
属: | †棱角鳞鳄 Goniopholis Owen, 1841 |
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Goniopholis crassidens Owen, 1841
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目前已有許多種的稜角鱗鱷被敘述。G. crassidens生存於白堊紀巴列姆階的英格蘭。G. simus生存於白堊紀早期的德國西北部。G. gilmorei與G. stovalli生存於侏儸紀晚期的北美洲。G. baryglyphaeus則是最古老的稜角鱗鱷,生存於侏儸紀啟莫里階的葡萄牙。G. phuwiangensis則生存於晚侏儸紀的泰國東北部。G. lucasii生存於侏儸紀提通階的科羅拉多州,但可能屬於Amphicotylus。生存於白堊紀早期英格蘭的Nannosuchus gracilidens可能是個稜角鱗鱷的幼年個體。
參考資料
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- Owen, R. 1878. Monograph on The Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations, Supplement no. VII. Crocodilia (Goniopholis, Pterosuchus, and Suchosaurus). Palaeontological Society Monograph, p. 1-15.
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