Species
Valid Extinct

Microcleidus macropterus

(Seeley 1865)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Microcleididae Family
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Microcleidus Genus
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Microcleidus macropterus Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Alum Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1865. On Plesiosaurus macropterus, a new species from the Lias of Whitby. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3 16:352-359 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 DOI ↗