| Source Data | |
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| Rank | family (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Teleosauridae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Amphicoelia | stated with evidence | Cope, 1871 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated with evidence | Dollo, 1883 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated without evidence | Dollo, 1884 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Longirostres | stated with evidence | Zittel, 1890 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Eusuchia | stated without evidence | Lortet, 1892 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Crocodili | stated without evidence | Jaekel, 1911 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated with evidence | Andrews, 1913 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated without evidence | Huene, 1954 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Crocodilia | stated without evidence | Delair, 1958 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1966 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | stated without evidence | Buffetaut, 1979 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Thalattosuchia | stated with evidence | Buffetaut, 1980 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesosuchia | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia | stated without evidence | Pol and Norell, 2004 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Thalattosuchia | stated without evidence | Mueller-Töwe, 2005 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Neosuchia | stated without evidence | Fiorelli and Calvo, 2008 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Thalattosuchia | stated without evidence | Pierce et al., 2009 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Thalattosuchia | stated with evidence | Martin and Vincent, 2013 | | Teleosauridae | family | belongs to Thalattosuchia | stated without evidence | Martin et al., 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 46 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 105 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Thalattosuchia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Thalattosuchia) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Thalattosuchia) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Thalattosuchia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |
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| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Cope E. D. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19, 194-247 |
| Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109 |
| Dollo L. Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart], Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2, 309-338 |
| Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900 |
| Lortet L. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhône [The fossil reptiles of the Rhône basin], Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 5, 3-139 |
| Jaekel O. (1911) , Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms], viii-252 |
| Andrews C. W. (1913) , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London. Part II |
| Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67 |
| Phizackerley P. H. (1951) A revision of the Teleosauridae in the Oxford University Museum and the British Museum, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 4, 1170-1192 |
| Huene F. v. (1954) , Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition, 1-66 |
| De Lapparent A. F. (1955) Étude paléontologique des vertébrés du Jurassique d'El Mers (Moyen Atlas) [Paleontological study of the Jurassic veretebrates from El Mers (Middle Atlas)], Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124, 1-36 |
| Delair J. B. (1958) The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part one, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 79, 47-72 |
| Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154 |
| Steel R. (1970) Part 14. Saurischia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-87 |
| Swinton W. E. (1970) , The Dinosaurs, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1-331 |
| Rioult M. (1978) Inventaire des dinosauriens Mesozoïques de Normandie [Inventory of Mesozoic dinosaurs from Normandy], Ecosystèmes Continentaux Mesozoïques de Normandie, 26-29 |
| Buffetaut E. (1979) Jurassic marine crocodilians (Mesosuchia: Teleosauridae) from Central Oregon: first record in North America, Journal of Paleontology 53 1, 210-215 |
| Pol D., Norell M. A. (2004) A New Crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3445, 1-36 |
| Karl H.-V., Groning E., et al (2006) The Late Jurassic crocodiles of the Langenberg near Oker, Lower Saxony (Germany), and description of related materials (with remarks on the history of quarrying the “Langenberg Limestone” and “Obernkirchen Sandstone”), Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 5, 59-77 |
| Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124 |
| Pierce S. E., Angielczyk K. D., et al (2009) Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns, Palaeontology 52 5, 1057-1097 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00904.x |
| Martin J. E., Vincent P. (2013) New remains of Machimosaurus hugii von Meyer, 1837 (Crocodilia, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Germany, Fossil Record 16 1, 179-196 |
| Young M. T., de Andrade M. B., et al (2013) A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic of England), with implications for the evolution of dermatocranium ornamentation in Geosaurini, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169, 820-848 |
| Martin J. E., Suteethorn S., et al (2018) A new freshwater teleosaurid from the Jurassic of northeastern Thailand, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 6, e1549059 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1549059 |
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