Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae

Alternative combinations: Muraenosaurus leedsi, Plesiosaurus leedsi

Synonyms: Cimoliasaurus durobrivensis Lydekker 1889, Cimoliosaurus durobrivensis Lydekker 1889, Cimoliosaurus plicatus Phillips 1871, Muraenosaurus durobrivensis Lydekker 1889, Muraenosaurus platyclis Seeley 1892, Muraenosaurus plicatus Phillips 1871, Plesiosaurus plicatus Phillips 1871, Tremamesacleis durobrivensis Lydekker 1889, Tremamesacleis platycleis Seeley 1892

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. On Muraenosaurus leedsii, a plesiosaurian from the Oxford Clay, Part I. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:197-208

Belongs to Muraenosaurus according to Z. Gasparini et al. 2002

See also Andrews 1910, Brown 1981, Delair 1960, Hay 1930, Lydekker 1889, O'Keefe 2001, Seeley 1874, Seeley 1874, Welles 1962 and White 1940

Sister taxa: Muraenosaurus elasmosauroides, Muraenosaurus fahrenkohli, Muraenosaurus purbecki

Type specimens:

• Muraenosaurus leedsii: BMNH R2421, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Huntingdonshire marine reptiles, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Cimoliosaurus plicatus:
• Muraenosaurus platyclis: BMNH R2678, a skeleton. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Muraenosaurus plicatus: OUMNH specimens, a set of vertebrae (two cervical, two anterior dorsal and two middle dorsal vertebrae).
• Tremamesacleis durobrivensis: BMNH R.2428, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

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