Eurycleidus arcuatus

(Owen 1840)

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Sauroptérygiens

Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine

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Classification

Sauropterygia Suborder

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Plesiosauria Order

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Rhomaleosauridae Family

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Eurycleidus Genus

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Eurycleidus arcuatus Species

Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Geological formations

Blue Lias

Temporal distribution

Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)

Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)

Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)

Bibliography

Original description

R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126

Bibliography (4)

A. R. I. Cruickshank. 1994. A juvenile plesiosaur (Plesiosauria: Reptilia) from the Lower Lias (Hettangian: Lower Jurassic) of Lyme Regis, England: a pliosauroid-plesiosauroid intermediate?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:151-178 DOI ↗

J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90

R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗

R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126