Terminonaris

Terminonaris
Temporal range: 100–90 Ma
Cenomanian - Turonian
Teleorhinus robustus skull (AMNH 5850) in the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Family:†Pholidosauridae
Genus:†Terminonaris
Osborn, 1904
Species
Front view of a Teleorhinus robustus skull (AMNH 5850)

Terminonaris is a genus of extinct pholidosaurid crocodyliforms that lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian[1][2]). Its remains are known from North America. Originally known under the generic name Teleorhinus, it was once believed to be a teleosaurid (a family of marine gavial-like thalattosuchians). Terminonaris was a predator that could reach a length of about 6 m (19.7 ft).[1] The skull of the largest individual was 98.3 cm (38.7 in) long.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Wu X-C, Russell AP, & Cumbaa SL. 2001. Terminonaris (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes): new material from Saskatchewan, Canada, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):492-514.
  2. ↑ Shimada, K., and Parris, D.C., 2007. A long-snouted Late Cretaceous crocodyliform, Terminonaris cf. T. browni, from the Carlile Shale (Turonian) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110(1):107-115.


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