Microcleidus melusinae Vincent et al. 2019 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Microcleididae

Full reference: P. Vincent, R. Weis, G. Kronz and D. Delsate. 2019. Microcleidus melusinae, a new plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Toarcian of Luxembourg. Geological Magazine 156(1):99-116

Belongs to Microcleidus according to P. Vincent et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Microcleidus brachypterygius, Microcleidus homalospondylus, Microcleidus macropterus, Microcleidus tournemirensis

Type specimen: MNHNL TV434, a partial skeleton (Skull with a partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Sanem, which is in a Falciferum offshore limestone in Luxembourg.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sanem

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.