Biology:Teleosauroidea

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 Thalattosuchia containing Teleosaurus cadomensis, but not Metriorhynchus brevirostris". This group contains two main families, the more piscivorous and gracile Teleosauridae and the more macropredatory and robust Machimosauridae.

Phylogeny

The cladogram below is from a 2020 study by Michela Johnson and colleagues on the phylogenetic relationships of teleosauroids.

Teleosauroidea

Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris     Teleosauridae   Indosinosuchus kalasinensis         Chinese teleosauroid (IVPP V 10098)     Mystriosaurus laurillardi         Indosinosuchus potamosiamensis     Teleosaurinae   Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus     Teleosaurus cadomensis     Aeolodontinae   Mycterosuchus nasutus       Aeolodon priscus       Sericodon jugleri     Bathysuchus megarhinus                 Machimosauridae   Macrospondylus bollensis       Clovesuurdameredeor stephani       Charitomenosuchus leedsi       Seldsienean megistorhynchus       Deslongchampsina larteti   Machimosaurinae     Proexochokefalos cf. bouchardi     Proexochokefalos heberti         Neosteneosaurus edwardsi     Andrianavoay baroni   Machimosaurini   Lemmysuchus obtusidens     Yvridiosuchus boutilieri       Machimosaurus buffetauti       Machimosaurus mosae       Machimosaurus rex     Machimosaurus hugii

References

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