"Teleocrater" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of prehistoric reptile. It was an archosaur (or archosauromorph) originally thought to be a dinosaur. The name "Teleocrater" was coined by English paleontologist Alan Charig in his 1956 doctoral dissertation, but has never been formally published.[1] The same thesis named "Mandasuchus", another archosauriform.[2]
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Position of "Teleocrater" relative to other Archosauromorphs, based on Ricqles et al. (2008). |
A 2008 bone histology study of early archosauriforms tentatively identified "Teleocrater" as an archosauromorph which was closely related to, though outside of, the Erythrosuchidae, a family of early reptiles slightly predating the true archosaurs. The authors also could not assign a family to "Teleocrater".[2]