Leptocleidus

Leptocleidus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 135–125 Ma
Life restoration of L. capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Plesiosauria
Family: †Leptocleididae
Genus: †Leptocleidus
Andrews, 1922
Species
  • †L. capensis (Andrews, 1911 [originally Plesiosaurus capensis]) Cruikshank, 1997
  • †L. clemai Cruikshank and Long, 1997
  • †L. superstes Andrews, 1922 (type)
Synonyms
  • Peyerus capensis (Andrews, 1911) Stromer, 1935

Leptocleidus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur,[1] belonging to the family Leptocleididae.[2] It was a small plesiosaur, measuring only up to 3 m (9.8 ft).[3]

  1. ^ Ketchum, H. F.; Benson, R. B. J. (2010). "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses". Biological Reviews. 85 (2): 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x. PMID 20002391. S2CID 12193439.
  2. ^ Smith AS, Dyke GJ. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften e-published 2008.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cruikshank, 1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).