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Teleorhinus browni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Teleorhinus browni was named by Osborn (1904). Its type specimen is AMNH 5851, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Pryor, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marine shale in the Benton Shale Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Teleorhinus, Terminonaris.

It was recombined as Terminonaris browni by Wu et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Teleorhinus browni Osborn p. 239
1930Teleorhinus browni Hay p. 147
1934Teleorhinus browni Mook p. 1
2001Terminonaris browni Wu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
Coelognathosuchia()
Tethysuchia()
Pholidosauridae()
genusTeleorhinusOsborn 1904
speciesbrowni()

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.

Teleorhinus browni Osborn 1904
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. F. Osborn 1904Forty maxillary and premaxillary teeth. Premaxillary teeth straight, maxillary teeth recurved.