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Teleosaurinae

Reptilia - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Teleosaurinae was named by Saint-Hilaire (1831). Its type is Teleosaurus.

It was assigned to Teleosauridae by Karl et al. (2008), Young et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Platysuchus, Teleosaurus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Teleosaurinae Saint-Hilaire
2008Teleosaurinae Karl et al.
2024Teleosaurinae Young et al. p. 594

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—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
subfamilyTeleosaurinaeSaint-Hilaire 1831

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.

Subfm. †Teleosaurinae Saint-Hilaire 1831
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G. †Platysuchus Westphal 1961
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†Platysuchus multicrobiculatus Berckhemer 1929
G. †Teleosaurus Geoffroy 1825
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†Teleosaurus brevior Owen 1884
†Teleosaurus cadomensis Lamouroux 1820
†Teleosaurus geoffroyi Deslongchamps 1868
†Teleosaurus lacunosae Quenstedt 1858
†Teleosaurus latifrons Owen 1884
†Teleosaurus ornati Quenstedt 1852
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Young et al. 2024Teleosauroid crocodylomorphs with the following unique combination of characters (6): between 50–65% of the premaxilla total length is posterior to the external nares (shared with Machimosauridae) (127.1); frontal–postorbital suture lower than the intertemporal bar (236.1); five alveoli per premaxilla (577.4); dorsal osteoderms ornamented with small round-to-ellipsoid pits that are very densely distributed (840.0); presacral osteoderms partially embrace the vertebrae laterally (847.1); transverse expansion of the thoracic dorsal osteoderms, with the transverse width 1.5-to-2.0 times greater than the anteroposterior length (856.1).