Species
Valid Extinct

Microcleidus homalospondylus

(Owen 1865)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
Microcleididae Family
Microcleidus Genus
Microcleidus homalospondylus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3
Geological formations
Alum Shale
2
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 DOI ↗
D. M. S. Watson. 1909. On some reptilian remains from the Trias of Lossiemouth (Elgin). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 65:440 DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1865. Part I. Sauropterygia. Monographs on the fossil Reptilia of the Liassic formations 17(75):1-40