Species
Valid Extinct

Microcleidus tournemirensis

(Sciau et al. 1990)

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 tournemirensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Sciau, J. -Y. Crochet, and J. Mattei. 1990. Le premier squelette de plesiosaure de France sur le causse du Larzac (Toarcien, Jurassique Inférieur). Geobios 23(1):111-116 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. Bardet, P. Godefroit, and J. Sciau. 1999. A new elasmosaurid Plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southern France. Palaeontology 42(5):927-952 DOI ↗