Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae
Synonym: Peyerus Stromer 1935
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1922. Description of a new plesiosaur from the Weald Clay of Berwick (Sussex). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 78:285-298
Parent taxon: Leptocleididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Andrews 1922, Carroll 1988, Cruickshank 1997, Hampe 2013, Ketchum 2011, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Keefe 2001, Persson 1963, Poropat et al. 2023, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond 1968, Welles 1962 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Brancasaurus, Hastanectes, Nichollssaura, Umoonasaurus, Vectocleidus
Subtaxa: Leptocleidus capensis Leptocleidus clemai Leptocleidus superstes
Type: Leptocleidus superstes
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Australia (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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