Teleosauroidea
Extinct superfamily of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct superfamily of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teleosauroidea is an extinct superfamily of thalattosuchian crocodyliforms living from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.[1] 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".[2] This group contains two main families, the more piscivorous and gracile Teleosauridae and the more macropredatory and robust Machimosauridae. [2]
| Teleosauroidea Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Plagiophthalmosuchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Parvorder: | †Neothalattosuchia |
| Superfamily: | †Teleosauroidea Geoffroy, 1831 |
| Subgroups[1] | |
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