Teleosaurinae
The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha)
Young, Mark T.
Wilberg, Eric W.
Johnson, Michela M.
Herrera, Yanina
Brandalise, Marco de Andrade
Brignon, Arnaud
Sachs, Sven
Abel, Pascal
Foffa, Davide
Fernández, Marta S.
Vignaud, Patrick
Cowgill, Thomas
Brusatte, Stephen L.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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2024-01-09
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Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
1831
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Reptilia
Teleosauridae
GBIF
Animalia
Crocodylia
47
582
Chordata
subFamily
Teleosaurinae
Teleosaurinae Bonaparte 1838: 123(PhyloCode)
RegNum registration number 799.
Typegenus: TeleosaurusGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1825.
Etymology ‘Pertaining to Teleosaurus’. The stem Teleosaur- is based on the genus Teleosaurus. - inae, is a Latin feminine plural suffix for ‘pertaining to’. Under Article 29.2 of the Zoological Code, the suffix - inaedenotes a subfamily rank within the family-group.
Geological range Early Jurassic (early Toarcian) to Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) ( Johnson et al. 2020a). PhyloCode phylogenetic definition The largest clade within Teleosauroideacontaining Teleosaurus cadomensis( Lamouroux 1820)but not Aeolodon priscus(von Sömmerring 1814). Definition from Johnson et al. (2022b). Reference phylogeny Fig. 3. Zoological Code diagnosis and PhyloCode diagnostic apomorphies Teleosauroid crocodylomorphs with the following unique combination of characters (6): between 50–65% of the premaxilla total length is posterior to the external nares (shared with Machimosauridae) (127.1); frontal–postorbital suture lower than the intertemporal bar (236.1); five alveoli per premaxilla (577.4); dorsal osteoderms ornamented with small round-toellipsoid pits that are very densely distributed (840.0); presacral osteoderms partially embrace the vertebrae laterally (847.1); transverse expansion of the thoracic dorsal osteoderms, with the transverse width 1.5-to-2.0 times greater than the anteroposterior length (856.1).
Composition Platysuchusand Teleosaurus. Comments Authorship:While the nomen Teleosaurinaewas first used by Bonaparte (1838: 123), as Teleosaurina, under the Zoological Code Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831is the nominal authority. The nominal author of a family-group is the author who first erected a family-group taxon that is valid (in fulfilment of Article 11), and in accordance with the Zoological Code Principle of Coordination applied to family-group names (Article 36.1). However, under the PhyloCode, Bonaparte (1838)is the nominal authority.