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Teleosaurus

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Thalattosuchia()
familyTeleosauridaeGeoffroy 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: Toarcian or 182.70000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (England) T. brevior (122373)
Toarcian - Bajocian182.7 - 168.3China (Chongqing) T. sp. (154959)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) T. cadomensis (42332)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France (Normandy) T. cadomensis, T. geoffroyi (138308)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) T. cadomensis (52546)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (45932 91989)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (57140) T. sp., T. geoffroyi (59357) T. sublidens, T. sp. (57120)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Switzerland T. picteti (131886)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) T. asthenodeirus (74931)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Haute-Normandie) T. temporalis, T. cadomensis (48856)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) T. asthenodeirus (98478)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (91990)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (36581)