Teleosauroidea

Teleosauroidea is an extinct superfamily of thalattosuchian crocodyliforms living from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.^[1] It is phylogenetically defined by Mark T. Young and colleagues in 2024 in the PhyloCode as "the largest clade within Thalattosuchia containing Teleosaurus cadomensis, but not Metriorhynchus brevirostris".^[2] This group contains two main families, the more piscivorous and gracile Teleosauridae and the more macropredatory and robust Machimosauridae. ^[2]

Teleosauroidea Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, 183–130 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Plagiophthalmosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Parvorder:	†Neothalattosuchia
Superfamily:	†Teleosauroidea Geoffroy, 1831
Subgroups[1]
†Plagiophthalmosuchus?[2] †Machimosauridae †Teleosauridae

Phylogeny

The cladogram below is from a 2020 study by Michela Johnson and colleagues on the phylogenetic relationships of teleosauroids.^[1]

Teleosauroidea

Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris Teleosauridae Indosinosuchus kalasinensis Chinese teleosauroid (IVPP V 10098) Mystriosaurus laurillardi Indosinosuchus potamosiamensis Teleosaurinae Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus Teleosaurus cadomensis Aeolodontinae Mycterosuchus nasutus Aeolodon priscus Sericodon jugleri Bathysuchus megarhinus Machimosauridae Macrospondylus bollensis Clovesuurdameredeor stephani Charitomenosuchus leedsi Seldsienean megistorhynchus Deslongchampsina larteti Machimosaurinae Proexochokefalos cf. bouchardi Proexochokefalos heberti Neosteneosaurus edwardsi Andrianavoay baroni Machimosaurini Lemmysuchus obtusidens Yvridiosuchus boutilieri Machimosaurus buffetauti Machimosaurus mosae Machimosaurus rex Machimosaurus hugii