Microcleididae
Extinct family of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microcleididae is an extinct family of basal plesiosauroid plesiosaurs from the Early Jurassic (middle Sinemurian to late Toarcian stages) of France, Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Currently, the oldest and the most known microcleidid is Eretmosaurus from the middle Sinemurian of the United Kingdom. Microcleididae was formally named and described by Roger B. J. Benson, Mark Evans and Patrick S. Druckenmiller in 2012.[1][2]
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Microcleidids | |
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Microcleidus homalospondylus skeleton (NHMUK PV OR 36184) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
Family: | †Microcleididae Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012 |
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