Species
Valid Extinct

Cryptoclidus eurymerus

(Phillips 1871)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
Cryptoclididae Family
Cryptoclidus Genus
Cryptoclidus eurymerus Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
5
Synonyms (3)
Apractocleidus teretipes subjective synonym of Cryptoclidus eurymerus
Cryptoclidus platymerus subjective synonym of Cryptoclidus eurymerus
Plesiosaurus durobrivensis subjective synonym of Cryptoclidus eurymerus
Bibliography
Original description
J. Phillips. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
R. Araujo, A. S. Smith, and J. Liston. 2008. Alfred Leeds fossil vertebrate collection of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 26:17-32 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill. 1986. The stratigraphic distribution and preservation of fossil vertebrates in the Oxford Clay of England. Mercian Geologist 10(3):161-186
D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347
J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90
W. R. Smellie. 1915. On a new plesiosaur from the Oxford Clay. Geological Magazine, decades 6 2:341-343 DOI ↗
J. Phillips. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford DOI ↗