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Teleidosaurus
Taxonomy
Teleidosaurus was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-l Sepkoski's reference number: 620].
It was assigned to Metriorhynchidae by Carroll (1988); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Thalattosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Thalattosuchia by Young et al. (2013); and to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013).
It was assigned to Metriorhynchidae by Carroll (1988); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Thalattosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Thalattosuchia by Young et al. (2013); and to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Teleidosaurus Eudes-Deslongchamps |
| 1933 | Metriorhynchus bathonicus Mercier |
| 1977 | Teleidosaurus bathonicus Buffetaut and Thierry |
| 1988 | Teleidosaurus Carroll |
| 2002 | Teleidosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Teleidosaurus Young et al. p. 845 |
| 2010 | Eoneustes bathonicus Young et al. p. 846 |
| 2011 | Teleidosaurus Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6 |
| 2012 | Eoneustes bathonicus Bronzati et al. |
| 2012 | Teleidosaurus Bronzati et al. |
| 2013 | Teleidosaurus Young fig. 6 |
| 2013 | Eoneustes bathonicus Young et al. |
| 2013 | Teleidosaurus Young et al. |
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G. †Teleidosaurus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1869
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†Teleidosaurus calvadosii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1866
†Teleidosaurus joberti Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867
Invalid names: Teleidosaurus bathonicus Mercier 1933 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. T. Young et al. 2010 | Metriorhynchoid thalattosuchian with between 18 and 20 carinated teeth per maxillae, with little lateromedial compression; three teeth per premaxilla; strong ornamentation on the cranial bones, including those of the rostrum; rounded angle formed by the lateral and medial processes of the frontal; the dorsal rim of the orbit is composed of the lacrimal, prefrontal, frontal, and postorbital bones (from rostral to caudal); large external mandibular fenestrae, surrounded by the dentary, surangular, and angular; the external nares are subtriangular in shape, with the posterior edge being straight; the naso–lacrimal suture is 60% or less of the length of the naso–prefrontal suture; absence of both the antorbital fossae and fenestrae. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 150.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian | France (Normandy) | Teleosaurus calvadosii (154812) | |
| Bathonian | France | T. joberti (131997) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian | France (Basse-Normandie) | Teleosaurus calvadosii (141168) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | France (Lower Normandy) | Eoneustes bathonicus (153672) |