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Terminonaris ✝
| Description | Terminonaris is a genus of extinct pholidosaurid crocodyliforms that lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian). The name means: “enlarged snout or nose” at the front of the skull. Terminonaris is an early crocodile, within a subgroup called Mesoeucrocodylia. Its remains have only been found in North America and Europe. Originally known under the generic name Teleorhinus, it was once believed to be a teleosaurid (a family of marine gavial-like thalattosuchians). Both, prehistoric crocodiles such as Terminonaris as well as modern crocodiles belong to the same group called crocodyliformes, although modern crocodiles have specific features that show indicate distant relatives of this species and in the subgroup Eusuchia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminonaris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Teleosauridae : Terminonaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Terminonaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Terminonaris Osborn, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Mus Nat. Hist., 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. C. Sereno, H. C. E. Larsson, and C. A. Sidor, B. Gado. 2001. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. 294:1516-1519 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminonaris |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Terminonaris browni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Terminonaris robusta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1904 | Terminonaris Osborn |
| 1904 | Teleorhinus Osborn p. 239 |
| 1969 | Teleorhinus Erickson |
| 1979 | Teleorhinus Buffetaut |
| 1988 | Teleorhinus Carroll |
| 2001 | Terminonaris Sereno et al. p. 1518 |
| 2002 | Teleorhinus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Terminonaris Sereno et al. |
| 2006 | Terminonaris Gasparini et al. p. 72 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2006 | Terminonaris Jouve et al. |
| 2007 | Terminonaris Larsson and Sues |
| 2010 | Terminonaris Martin et al. |
| 2011 | Terminonaris Adams et al. |
| 2011 | Terminonaris Fortier et al. |
| 2011 | Terminonaris Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2012 | Terminonaris Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Terminonaris Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2019 | Terminonaris Souza et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
