Microcleidus Watson 1909 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Microcleididae

Synonym: Occitanosaurus Bardet et al. 1999

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1909. IV. A preliminary note on two new genera of upper Liassic plesiosaurs. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 54(4):1-28

Parent taxon: Microcleididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014

See also Bardet et al. 1999, Benson et al. 2012, Brown et al. 2013, Carpenter 1999, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Keefe 2001, Otero et al. 2012, Persson 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Vincent et al. 2019, Watson 1909 and White 1940

Sister taxon: Seeleyosaurus

Subtaxa: Microcleidus brachypterygius Microcleidus homalospondylus Microcleidus macropterus Microcleidus melusinae Microcleidus tournemirensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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