Microcleidus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Microcleidus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile belonging to the Plesiosauroidea. The species has 40 neck vertebrae and a short tail of 28 vertebrae. Fossils of the genus have been found in France, the Posidonia Shale in Germany and Luxembourg, and the Alum Shale Formation of England.
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Microcleidus | |
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Fossil M. homalospondylus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Microcleididae |
Genus: | †Microcleidus Watson, 1909 |
Type species | |
Plesiosaurus homalospondylus (Owen, 1865) | |
Other species | |
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Synonyms | |
M. macropteus
M. tournemirensis
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