Teleosauroidea Explained

Teleosauroidea is an extinct superfamily of thalattosuchian crocodyliforms living from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. It is phylogenetically defined by Mark T. Young and colleagues in 2024 in the PhyloCode as "the largest clade within Thalatttosuchia containing Teleosaurus cadomensis, but not Metriorhynchus brevirostris".[1] This group contains two main families, the more piscivorous and gracile Teleosauridae and the more macropredatory and robust Machimosauridae. [2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad165 . The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) . 2024 . Young . Mark T. . Wilberg . Eric W. . Johnson . Michela M. . Herrera . Yanina . De Andrade . Marco Brandalise . Brignon . Arnaud . Sachs . Sven . Abel . Pascal . Foffa . Davide . Fernández . Marta S. . Vignaud . Patrick . Cowgill . Thomas . Brusatte . Stephen L. . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 200 . 2 . 547–617 . free .
  2. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad165 . The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) . 2024 . Young . Mark T. . Wilberg . Eric W. . Johnson . Michela M. . Herrera . Yanina . De Andrade . Marco Brandalise . Brignon . Arnaud . Sachs . Sven . Abel . Pascal . Foffa . Davide . Fernández . Marta S. . Vignaud . Patrick . Cowgill . Thomas . Brusatte . Stephen L. . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 200 . 2 . 547–617 . free .

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