Tricleidus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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One species, T. svalbardensis,[3] was moved into Colymbosaurus in 2012.[4] It was found in the Agardhfjellet Formation, Norway.