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Teleosauridae
Taxonomy
Teleosauridae was named by Geoffroy (1831). It was considered monophyletic by Phizackerley (1951) and Karl et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Amphicoelia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Eusuchia by Lortet (1892); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Buffetaut (1979); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982); to Mesosuchia by Dollo (1883), Dollo (1884), Andrews (1913), Kuhn (1946), Phizackerley (1951), Huene (1954), Kuhn (1966) and Carroll (1988); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Thalattosuchia by Mueller-Töwe (2005), Karl et al. (2006) and Pierce et al. (2009); and to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Young et al. (2013), Martin and Vincent (2013) and Martin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Amphicoelia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Eusuchia by Lortet (1892); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Buffetaut (1979); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982); to Mesosuchia by Dollo (1883), Dollo (1884), Andrews (1913), Kuhn (1946), Phizackerley (1951), Huene (1954), Kuhn (1966) and Carroll (1988); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Thalattosuchia by Mueller-Töwe (2005), Karl et al. (2006) and Pierce et al. (2009); and to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Young et al. (2013), Martin and Vincent (2013) and Martin et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Teleosauridae Geoffroy |
| 1871 | Teleosauridae Cope p. 234 |
| 1875 | Teleosauridae Cope p. 14 |
| 1883 | Teleosauridae Dollo p. 330 |
| 1884 | Teleosauridae Dollo p. 9 |
| 1890 | Teleosauridae Zittel p. 658 |
| 1892 | Teleosauridae Lortet p. 113 |
| 1911 | Teleosauridae Jaekel p. 164 |
| 1913 | Teleosauridae Andrews p. 80 |
| 1946 | Teleosauridae Kuhn p. 64 |
| 1951 | Teleosauridae Phizackerley |
| 1954 | Teleosauridae Huene p. 54 |
| 1955 | Megalosaurus mersensis Lapparent pp. 13-14 figs. 3; pl. 3 |
| 1958 | Teleosauridae Delair p. 57 |
| 1966 | Teleosauridae Kuhn p. 82 |
| 1970 | Megalosaurus mersensis Steel p. 36 |
| 1970 | Megalosaurus mersensis Swinton p. 142 |
| 1978 | Megalosaurus mersensis Rioult p. 27 |
| 1979 | Teleosauridae Buffetaut |
| 1980 | Teleosauridae Buffetaut |
| 1982 | Teleosauridae Buffetaut p. 18 |
| 1988 | Teleosauridae Carroll |
| 2004 | Teleosauridae Pol and Norell |
| 2005 | Teleosauridae Mueller-Töwe |
| 2006 | Teleosauridae Karl et al. |
| 2008 | Teleosauridae Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2009 | Teleosauridae Pierce et al. p. 1085 |
| 2013 | Teleosauridae Martin and Vincent |
| 2013 | Teleosauridae Young et al. |
| 2018 | Teleosauridae Martin et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Teleosauridae Geoffroy 1831
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G. †Indosinosuchus Martin et al. 2018
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†Indosinosuchus kalasinensis Johnson et al. 2020
†Indosinosuchus potamosiamensis Martin et al. 2018
G. †Steneosaurus Saint-Hilaire 1825
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†Steneosaurus aalensis Meyer 1842
†Steneosaurus atelestatus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863
†Steneosaurus blumembachi Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
†Steneosaurus brevidens Phillips 1871
†Steneosaurus brevirostris Owen 1842
†Steneosaurus dasycephalus Seeley 1869
†Steneosaurus durobrivensis Andrews 1909
†Steneosaurus heberti Morel de Glasville 1876
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Invalid names: Steneosaurus depressus Phizackerley 1951 [synonym], Steneosaurus meretrix Phizackerley 1951 [synonym]
†Steneosaurus lyceense Costa 1864
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Invalid names: Streptospondylus lyceense Costa 1864 [objective synonym]
†Steneosaurus megarhinus Hulke 1871
†Steneosaurus oplites Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863
†Steneosaurus pictaviensis Bronzati et al. 2012
†Steneosaurus priscus Bronzati et al. 2012
†Steneosaurus roissyi Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
†Steneosaurus rostrominor Saint-Hilaire 1825
†Steneosaurus rudis Sauvage 1874
†Steneosaurus temporalis Owen 1884
Invalid names: Glaphyrorhynchus Meyer 1842 [synonym], Leptocranius Bronn 1837 [synonym], Machimosaurus bathonicus Sauvage 1874 [nomen dubium], Machimosaurus rigauxi Sauvage 1874 [nomen dubium], Sericodon Meyer 1845 [synonym], Steneosaurus rostromajor Saint-Hilaire 1825 [nomen dubium]
G. †Teleosaurus Geoffroy 1825
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†Teleosaurus asthenodeirus Owen 1842
†Teleosaurus brevior Owen 1884
†Teleosaurus cadomensis Lamouroux 1820
†Teleosaurus geoffroyi Deslongchamps 1868
†Teleosaurus lacunosae Quenstedt 1858
†Teleosaurus latifrons Owen 1884
†Teleosaurus ornati Quenstedt 1852
†Teleosaurus soemmeringii Holl 1829
Invalid names: Megalosaurus mersensis Lapparent 1955 [nomen dubium], Teleosaurinae Saint-Hilaire 1831 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available