Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae
Alternative spelling: Leptoclididae
Full reference: T. E. White. 1940. Holotype of Plesiosaurus longirostris Blake and classification of the plesiosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 14(5):451-467
Parent taxon: Leptocleidia according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966 and White 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Brancasaurus Hastanectes Leptocleidus Nichollssaura Umoonasaurus Vectocleidus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (6 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (7)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences