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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

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Teleosaurus cadomensis (42332)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Normandy) Teleosaurus cadomensis (type locality: 138308)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Teleosaurus cadomensis (52546)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France (Haute-Normandie) Teleosaurus cadomensis (48856)