Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Teleosauridae – teleosaurid sea crocodiles

After Carroll, 1988, Storrs & Efimov, 2000, and Young et al., 2012 (fig. 26, 28)

<==o †Teleosauridae [Mystriosauridae Fitzinger, 1843; Steneosauridae Owen, 1843]
   |--+-- †Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus (Berckhemer, 1929) Westphal, 1961
   |  `--o †Teleosaurus Geoffroy, 1825
   |     |-- †T. cadomensis
   |     `?- †T. geoffroyi
   `==o †Steneosaurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1825
      |-- †Steneosaurus bollensis (Cuvier, 1824) Westphal, 1961 [Geosaurus bollensis Cuvier, 1824; Mystriosaurus bollensis (Cuvier, 1824) Cuvier, 1824]
      `--+--+-- †Steneosaurus megistorhynchus Saint-Hilaire, 1866 [type]
         |  `-- †Steneosaurus leedsi Andrews, 1909
         `--+-- †Steneosaurus edwardsi Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1867
            `--+--  †“Steneosaurus” obtusidens
               `--o †Machimosaurus von Meyer, 1837
                  |?- ?†M. rigauxi
                  |-- †M. hugii von Meyer, 1837 emend. von Meyer, 1838 [Madrimosaurus hugii von Meyer, 1837; Machimosaurus hughi von Meyer; Lydekker, 1888; Steneosaurus bouchardi Sauvage]
                  |-- †M. burgensis (Chanel, 1905) [Steneosaurus burgensis Jarrin, 1873, 1876 (nomen nudum); Steneosaurus bur-digalensis; Steneosaurus burgobressiensis; Steneosaurus montmerli; Steneosaurus chanuti Chanel, 1905; Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2015 (unjust emend.)]
                  |-- †M. mosae Sauvage & Liénard, 1879 [Teleosaurus mosae Liénard, 1876 (nomen nudum)]
                  `-- †M. nowackianus (von Huene, 1938)

Teleosauridae incertae sedis (= teleosaurids not treated by Young et al., 2012):

    †Haematosaurus lanceolatus (Sauvage, 1874) Kuhn, 1934 [Plesiosaurus lanceolatus Sauvage, 1874]
    †Gavialinum rhodoni Lortet, 1892
    †Mycterosuchus nastus [=? Steneosaurus]
    †Mystriosaurus
        †M. planirostris
        †M. longipes
        †M. mendeslohi
    †Steneosaurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1825 [incl. Aeolodon; Mycterosuchus Andrews, 1913; Mystriosaurus Munster, 1834 (in partim); Sericodon Von Meyer, 1845]
        †S. baroni
        †S. boutilieri
        †S. brevior
        †S. durobrivense
        †S. gracilirostris
        †S. heberti
        †S. jugleri
        †S. larteti
        †S. megarhinus
        †S. priscus [Aeolodon priscus]
    †Peipehsuchus teleorhinus Young, 1948

<==o †Teleosauridae
   |-- †Pelagosuchus typus
   `--+-- †Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
      `--+--+-- †Steneosaurus pictaviensis
         |  `--+-- †Steneosaurus megarhinus
         |     `-- †Teleosaurus cadomensis
         `--+-- †Machimosaurus hugii
            `--+--+-- †Steneosaurus heberti
               |  `-- †Steneosaurus leedsi
               `--+--+-- †Steneosaurus brevior
                  |  `-- †Steneosaurus gracilirostris
                  `--+-- †Steneosaurus bollensis
                     |-- †Steneosaurus edwardsi
                     `--+-- †Steneosaurus baroni
                        `-- †Steneosaurus priscus

Reference(s):

• Brochu, C. A. 1997: A review of “Leidyosuchus” (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia) from the Cretaceous through Eocene of North America.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: vol. 17, #4, pp. 679-697
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
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• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
  in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Clark, J. M. 1994: Patterns of evolution in Mesozoic Crocodyliformes. 84-97.
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  –Cambridge University Press, New York. 1994
• Martin, J. E., Vincent, P. & Falconnet, J., 2015: The taxonomic content of Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia).
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• Storrs, G. W. & Efimov, M. B., 2000: Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia. 402-419
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• Young, M. T., Brusatte, S. L., de Andrade, M. B., Desojo, J. B., Beatty, B. L., Steel, L., Fernández, M. S., Sakamoto, M., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. & Schoch, R. R., 2012: The Cranial Osteology and Feeding Ecology of the Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph Genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe.
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• Young, M. T., Hua, S., Steel, L., Foffa, D., Brusatte, S. L., Thüring, S., Mateus, O., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I., Havlik, P., Lepage, Y. & De Andrade, M. B., 2014: Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia).
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