Teleidosaurus
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| Teleidosaurus Fossil range: Middle Jurassic |
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 restoration of Teleidosaurus calvadosii
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Teleidosaurus was the most plesiomorphic genus of marine crocodylian within the family Metriorhynchidae, and is known from the Bajocian and Bathonian of the Middle Jurassic.
[edit] Species
The species within Teleidosaurus include: the type species T. calvadosii, T. bathonicus and T. gaudryi from the Middle Jurassic of France.
[edit] Closely related species
Other genera included within the metiorhynchid family are: Metriorhynchus, Geosaurus, Dakosaurus and Enaliosuchus. The genera within Metiorhynchidae considered to be nomina dubia are Aggiosaurus and Neustosaurus.
