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Teleosaurus
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Illustration of Teleosauurus from Creatures of Other Days, 1894 England.
Artist Joseph Smit (1836–1929)
Date 1894
Source/Photographer http://www.copyrightexpired.com/earlyimage/prehistoriclifebeforekt/teleosaurus_cood_1894_smit_1929.html
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teleosaurus_Smit.jpg
Teleosaurus was an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform that lived during the Middle Jurassic. It was approximately 3 metres in length. Teleosaurus had highly elongate jaws, similar to those of a modern gharial. It had a long, slender, body, with a sinuous tail that would have helped propel it through the water. Its forelimbs were remarkably short, and would probably have been held close to the body when swimming to improve the animal's streamlining. Unlike modern crocodilians, it lived in the open ocean, and it probably caught fish and squid with its sharp, needle-like teeth.
(unranked): Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Teleosauridae
Genus: Teleosaurus Geoffroy, 1825
Species:
Teleosaurus cadomensis (type)
Teleosaurus geoffroyi |
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