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Eurycleidus arcuatus
Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus arcuatus was named by Owen (1840). Its type specimen is BMNH 2030 (lectotype), 2027-2029, 2047, 2061, R1317-1319 (paralectotypes, probably belonging to the same individual), a partial skeleton (most of a single skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Street (general), which is in a Hettangian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Thaumatosaurus arcuatus by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Eurycleidus arcuatus by Andrews (1922), Cruickshank (1994) and O'Keefe (2001).
It was recombined as Thaumatosaurus arcuatus by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Eurycleidus arcuatus by Andrews (1922), Cruickshank (1994) and O'Keefe (2001).
Synonymy list
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†Eurycleidus arcuatus Owen 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available