Teleidosaurus, Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1869

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 845

TELEIDOSAURUS EUDES- DESLONGCHAMPS, 1869

Type species: Teleidosaurus calvadosii (Eudes- Deslongchamps, 1866) Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1869.

Etymology: ‘Complete lizard’. Teleidos - is the Ancient Greek for ‘to be found perfect/complete’, whereas - sauros is the Ancient Greek for ‘lizard’. This refers to the T. calvadosii holotype, which was a perfectly complete skull.

Geological range: Lower–Middle Bathonian (Vignaud, 1995).

Geographical range: Normandy, France.

Emended diagnosis: Metriorhynchoid thalattosuchian with between 18 and 20 carinated teeth per maxillae, with little lateromedial compression; three teeth per premaxilla; strong ornamentation on the cranial bones, including those of the rostrum; rounded angle formed by the lateral and medial processes of the frontal; the dorsal rim of the orbit is composed of the lacrimal, prefrontal, frontal, and postorbital bones (from rostral to caudal); large external mandibular fenestrae, surrounded by the dentary, surangular, and angular; the external nares are subtriangular in shape, with the posterior edge being straight; the naso–lacrimal suture is 60% or less of the length of the naso–prefrontal suture; absence of both the antorbital fossae and fenestrae.