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Teleosaurus

Osteichthyes - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Teleosaurus was named by Geoffroy (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 620]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Teleosauridae, Teleosauroidea, Teleosaurinae.

It was assigned to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Amphicoelia by Owen (1860), Owen (1861); to Loricati by Quenstedt (1882); to Crocodilia by Owen (1842), Sepkoski (2002); to Thalattosuchia by Jouve (2009), Bronzati et al. (2012); to Teleosauridae by Phizackerley (1951), Delair (1958), Carroll (1988), Young (2013); and to Teleosaurinae by Young et al. (2024).

Species
T. asthenodeirus, T. brevior, T. cadomensis, T. geoffroyi, T. lacunosae, T. latifrons, T. ornati, T. soemmeringii
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. picteti, T. sublidens, T. temporalis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Teleosaurus Geoffroy
1842Teleosaurus Owen p. 73
1845Teleosaurus Meyer p. 280
1849Teleosaurus d'Orbigny p. 205
1860Teleosaurus Owen p. 271
1861Teleosaurus Owen p. 300
1882Teleosaurus Quenstedt p. 157
1951Teleosaurus Phizackerley
1958Teleosaurus Delair p. 57
1988Teleosaurus Carroll
2002Teleosaurus Sepkoski
2009Teleosaurus Jouve
2012Teleosaurus Bronzati et al.
2013Teleosaurus Young fig. 6
2024Teleosaurus Young et al. p. 594

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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
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
genusTeleosaurusGeoffroy 1825

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.

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
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 Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 184.20000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) T. brevior (122373)
Toarcian - Bajocian184.2 - 168.2China (Chongqing) T. sp. (154959)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) T. cadomensis (42332)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Normandy) T. cadomensis, T. geoffroyi (138308)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) T. cadomensis (52546)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (45932 91989)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (57140) T. sp., T. geoffroyi (59357) T. sublidens, T. sp. (57120)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France (Haute-Normandie) T. temporalis, T. cadomensis (48856)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Switzerland T. picteti (131886)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) T. asthenodeirus (74931)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) T. asthenodeirus (98478)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (91990)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (36581)