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{{short description|Genus of large reptiles}}
{{speciesbox
| fossil_range = Bajocian - Bathonian, {{Fossil range|168|167}}
| image = Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Normandie (1864-1865) (20247561130).jpg
| image_caption = Skull
| genus = Teleidosaurus
| parent_authority = Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1869
| authority = (Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1866 [originally ''[[Biology:Teleosaurus|Teleosaurus]]''])
| species = calvadosii
}}

'''''Teleidosaurus''''' is an extinct [[Biology:Genus|genus]] of carnivorous metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian stage) deposits of [[Place:Normandy|Normandy]], {{wipe|France}}.<ref name=YoungAndrade09>{{cite journal|author1=Mark T. Young |author2=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |year=2009 |title=What is ''Geosaurus''? Redescription of ''Geosaurus giganteus'' (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=157 |issue=3 |pages=551–585 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Wilkinson et al., 2008">Wilkinson LE, Young MT, Benton MJ. 2008. A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. ''Palaeontology'' '''51''' (6): 1307-1333.</ref> The name ''Teleidosaurus'' means "Complete lizard", and is derived from the [[Social:Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''{{lang|grc-Latn|Teleidos}}''- ("complete") and {{lang|grc|σαῦρος}} -''sauros'' ("lizard").

== Discovery ==
[[File:Teleidosaurus_BW.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration]] 
The [[Biology:Type species|type species]] was named ''Teleosaurus Calvadosii'' [Sic] by Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps in 1866;<ref name="Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1866">Eudes-Deslongchamps, J.A. 1866. Description d'une espèce inédite de Téléosaure des environs de Caen, le ''Teleosaurus calvadosii''. ''Bulletin Soc. Linn. Normandie'' '''2''' (1): 112-118.</ref> however, it was his son, Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps who erected the generic name ''Teleidosaurus'' later in 1869 <ref name="Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1869">Eudes-Deslongchamps, E. 1869. Notice sur les animaux fossiles de la famille des Téléosauriens recueillis en Normandie. ''Mémoires Acad. Imp. Sci. et Arts et Belles-Lettres'': 31-80.</ref> for ''Teleosaurus calvadosii''. ''Teleidosaurus joberti'' from the Great Oolite Formation is a junior synonym of ''T. calvadosii''. ''T. calvadosii'' is known from the plastotype NHM R.2681, a complete [[Biology:Skull|skull]] and mandible and from NHM 32612, the plastotype of ''T. joberti'', fragmentary right mandible. The [[Biology:Holotype|holotype]] lost during the Second World War.<ref name=Youngetal10/>

==Classification==
The only species within ''Teleidosaurus'' is the [[Biology:Type species|type species]] ''T. calvadosii''. Both ''T. bathonicus'' and ''T. gaudryi'' where referred to ''[[Biology:Eoneustes|Eoneustes]]''.<ref name=Youngetal10>{{cite journal|author1=Mark T. Young |author2=Stephen L. Brusatte |author3=Marcello Ruta |author4=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |year=2010 |title=The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |issue=4 |volume=158 |pages=801–859 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x |doi-access=free }}</ref> All species are from Calvados, Normandy of {{wipe|France}}. Recent phylogenetic analyses do not support the [[Biology:Monophyly|monophyly]] of ''Teleidosaurus''.<ref name=YoungAndrade09/><ref name="Mueller-Töwe, 2005">Mueller-Töwe IJ. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the Thalattosuchia. ''Zitteliana'' '''A45''': 211–213.</ref>

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[[Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera]]
[[Category:Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs]]
[[Category:Thalattosuchians]]



{{Sourceattribution|Teleidosaurus}}