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Tricleidus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Tricleidus Andrews
1914Tricleidus Wegner p. 289
1940Tricleidus White p. 461
1981Tricleidus Brown p. 340
1988Tricleidus Carroll
2001Tricleidus O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20
2002Tricleidus Gasparini et al.
2002Tricleidus Sepkoski
2004Tricleidus O'Keefe p. 337 figs. Fig. 11
2010Tricleidus Ketchum and Benson p. 15
2012Tricleidus Otero et al.
2014Tricleidus Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyCryptoclididaeWilliston 1925
genusTricleidus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Tricleidus Andrews 1909
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Tricleidus seeleyi Andrews 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Callovian or 164.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Oxfordian182.7 - 157.3Norway (Svalbard) T. sp. (107003)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) T. seeleyi (98448)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) T. seeleyi (109800)