Teleidosaurus

Teleidosaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian stage) deposits of Normandy, France. The name Teleidosaurus means "Complete lizard", and is derived from the Greek ''- ("complete") and -sauros'' ("lizard").

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Within Vinony's link graph, Teleidosaurus is referenced by 59 other articles, and connects out to Metriorhynchidae, Metriorhynchoidea and France.

It sits within the topics Fossils of France, Fossil taxa described in 1869 and Middle Jurassic crocodylomorphs.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

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taxon name: Teleidosaurus
Commons category: Teleidosaurus
start time: 168000000-
end time: 167000000-

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== Discovery == thumb|left|Restoration The type species was named Teleosaurus Calvadosii [Sic] by Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps in 1866; however, it was his son, Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps who erected the generic name Teleidosaurus later in 1869 for Teleosaurus calvadosii. Teleidosaurus joberti from the Great Oolite Formation is a junior synonym of T. calvadosii. T. calvadosii is known from the plastotype NHM R.2681, a complete skull and mandible and from NHM 32612, the plastotype of T. joberti, fragmentary right mandible. The holotype lost during the Second World War. However, some plastoholotypes of T. calvadosii were saved in the Natural History Museum, London, (NHMUK PV R 2681), the National Museum of Natural History, France, and the Museum of Nancy.

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