Tricleidus
Tricleidus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid[1] plesiosaur known from only specimen (BMNH R3539) from the middle Jurassic of United Kingdom.[2] It was first named by Andrews in 1909 and the type species is Tricleidus seeleyi.[2] It was a relatively medium-sized plesiosaur, measuring 5 metres (16 ft) long and weighing 700 kilograms (1,500 lb).[3]
Skeletal diagram
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| Genus: | Tricleidus Andrews, 1909 |
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References
- Ketchum, H. F. & Benson, R. B. J. (2010). "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses". Biological Reviews. 85 (2): 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x. PMID 20002391. S2CID 12193439.
- Andrews, C. W. (1910). "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part I". British Museum (Natural History), London, England: 205 pp.
- Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-691-19380-9.
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