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Teleosaurus cadomensis

Osteichthyes - Teleosauridae

Discussion

MNHN AC 8746, a quarter of a skull, is the only skull specimen available as the holotype may be lost

Taxonomy
Teleosaurus cadomensis was named by Lamouroux (1820). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Allemagne quarries, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Pierre de Caen Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. picteti, T. sublidens, T. temporalis
Entered
by J. Tennant (authorized by P. Mannion) on 2012-12-18; modified by J. Tennant on 2014-04-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Teleosaurus cadomensis Lamouroux
1842Teleosaurus cadomensis Owen p. 75
1853Teleosaurus cadomensis Pictet p. 488
1882Teleosaurus cadomensis Quenstedt p. 163
1928Teleosaurus cadomensis Perrier p. 3089
1951Teleosaurus cadomensis Phizackerley
2009Teleosaurus cadomensis Jouve
2012Teleosaurus cadomensis Bronzati et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyTeleosauroideaSaint-Hilaire 1831
familyTeleosauridaeGeoffroy 1831
subfamilyTeleosaurinaeSaint-Hilaire 1831
genusTeleosaurusGeoffroy 1825
speciescadomensisLamouroux 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Teleosaurus cadomensis Lamouroux 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available