Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae
Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, H. F. Ketchum, D. Naish and L. E. Turner. 2013. A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Vectis Formation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight and the evolution of Leptocleididae, a controversial clade. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(2):233-250
Parent taxon: Leptocleididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Brancasaurus, Leptocleidus, Nichollssaura, Umoonasaurus, Vectocleidus
Subtaxa: Hastanectes valdensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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