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Teleosaurus brevior

Osteichthyes - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Teleosaurus brevior was named by Owen (1884). It is not extant. Its type locality is Whitby (BMNH coll), which is in a Toarcian marine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. picteti, T. sublidens, T. temporalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Teleosaurus brevior Owen

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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
speciesbrevior

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 brevior Owen 1884
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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: Toarcian or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) Teleosaurus brevior (type locality: 122373)