Picrocleidus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Picrocleidus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. It is known only from the combinatio nova of the type species Muraenosaurus beloclis Seeley 1892, P. beloclis from the Middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation (Callovian stage) of the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Quick Facts Picrocleidus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Scientific classification ...
Picrocleidus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
Genus: | †Picrocleidus Andrews, 1909 |
Type species | |
†Muraenosaurus beloclis Seeley, 1892 |
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