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Leptocleidia

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Leptocleidoidea Druckenmiller and Russell
2010Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson p. 15 fig. 6
2011Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson p. 126
2014Leptocleidia Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3
2017Leptocleidia Frey et al. p. 94

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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
—Leptocleidia
—Leptocleidia

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.

Unr. †Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson 2010
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Fm. †Leptocleididae White 1940
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G. †Brancasaurus Wegner 1914
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†Brancasaurus brancai Wegner 1914
G. †Hastanectes Benson et al. 2013
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†Hastanectes valdensis Lydekker 1889
G. †Leptocleidus Andrews 1922
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†Leptocleidus capensis Andrews 1911
†Leptocleidus clemai Cruickshank and Long 1997
†Leptocleidus superstes Andrews 1922
Invalid names: Peyerus Stromer 1935 [synonym]
G. †Nichollssaura Druckenmiller and Russell 2009
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†Nichollssaura borealis Druckenmiller and Russell 2009
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Invalid names: Nichollsia borealis Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
Invalid names: Nichollsia Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
G. †Umoonasaurus Kear et al. 2006
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†Umoonasaurus demoscyllus Kear et al. 2006
G. †Vectocleidus Benson et al. 2013
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†Vectocleidus pastorum Benson et al. 2013
Invalid names: Leptocleidoidea Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
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 Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Albian or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Leptocleidus sp. (99161)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Leptocleididae indet. (122657)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Brancasaurus brancai, Plesiosaurus valdensis (45760)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Australia (Western Australia) Leptocleidus sp. (110534)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Cimoliasaurus valdensis (52577 52649 127530) Cimoliosaurus valdensis (127529) Plesiosaurus sp. (91990)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Plesiosaurus sp. (117446)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Australia (Western Australia) Leptocleidus sp., Leptocleidus clemai (55309)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Vectocleidus pastorum (137200)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Leptocleidus superstes (117445)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Leptocleidus sp., Umoonasaurus demoscyllus (102987) Umoonasaurus demoscyllus (103082 103084) Woolungasaurus glendowerensis (103085)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Nichollsia borealis (87105)