Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Microcleididae
Synonym: Occitanosaurus Bardet et al. 1999
Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1909. IV. A preliminary note on two new genera of upper Liassic plesiosaurs. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 54(4):1-28
Parent taxon: Microcleididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Bardet et al. 1999, Benson et al. 2012, Brown et al. 2013, Carpenter 1999, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Keefe 2001, Otero et al. 2012, Persson 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Vincent et al. 2019, Watson 1909 and White 1940
Sister taxon: Seeleyosaurus
Subtaxa: Microcleidus brachypterygius Microcleidus homalospondylus Microcleidus macropterus Microcleidus melusinae Microcleidus tournemirensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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