Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae
Parent taxon: Teleosauroidea according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Andrews 1913, Buffetaut 1979, Buffetaut 1980, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Delair 1958, Dollo 1883, Dollo 1884, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Karl et al. 2006, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lortet 1892, Martin et al. 2018, Martin and Vincent 2013, Mueller-Töwe 2005, Phizackerley 1951, Pierce et al. 2009, Pol and Norell 2004, Young et al. 2013 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Andrianavoay, Charitomenosuchus, Clovesuurdameredeor, Deslongchampsina, Machimosauridae, Neosteneosaurus, Plagiophthalmosuchus, Seldsienean
Subtaxa: Aeolodontinae Aeolodontini Crocodilaemus Haematosaurus Indosinosuchus Megalosaurus mersensis Steneosaurus Teleosaurinae
Type: Teleosaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Romania (1 collection), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2), Morocco (5), Thailand (2)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (34), Germany (8), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (12), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (25)
Total: 104 collections including 125 occurrences