Tricleidus

Tricleidus; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
Order:	Plesiosauria
Suborder:	Plesiosauroidea
Family:	Cryptoclididae
Genus:	Tricleidus; Andrews, 1909
Species
	T. seeleyi Andrews, 1909 (type);

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]

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: 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x. PMID 20002391.
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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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