Crocodilians from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England

S. W. Salisbury

2002

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Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:121-144

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Brachydectes
• Brachydectes major
• Brachydectes minor
• Goniopholis tenuidens
• Petrosuchus laevidens
• Pholidosaurus decipiens
• Pholidosaurus purbeckensis

Taxonomy:

• Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis belongs to Pholidosaurus - Meyer (1841)
• Brachydectes belongs to Oweniasuchus - Woodward (1885)
• Goniopholis tenuidens belongs to Goniopholididae - Salisbury (2002)
• Pholidosaurus laevis belongs to Pholidosaurus purbeckensis - Salisbury (2002)
• Pholidosaurus decipiens belongs to Pholidosaurus purbeckensis - Salisbury (2002)
• Brachydectes major belongs to Crocodylia - Salisbury (2002)
• Brachydectes minor belongs to Theriosuchus pusillus - Salisbury (2002)
• Petrosuchus laevidens belongs to Goniopholis simus - Salisbury (2002)