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Microcleidus homalospondylus
Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus homalospondylus was named by Owen (1865). Its type specimen is BMNH 36184 (lectotype of Lydekker 1889), a partial skeleton (skull and skeleton missing distal parts of limbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'Alum Shale' (Main Alum Shales, Harpoceras bifrons), Whitby-Saltwick, Yorkshire, which is in a Bifrons marine shale/mudstone in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Microcleidus homalospondylus by Watson (1909), Persson (1963), Storrs (1997), O'Keefe (2001), Benson et al. (2012) and Brown et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Microcleidus homalospondylus by Watson (1909), Persson (1963), Storrs (1997), O'Keefe (2001), Benson et al. (2012) and Brown et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Plesiosaurus homalospondylus Owen pp. 12-20 figs. 5-8 |
| 1889 | Plesiosaurus homalospondylus Lydekker p. 253 fig. 78 |
| 1909 | Plesiosaurus homalospondylus Dollo p. 100 |
| 1909 | Microcleidus homalospondylus Watson p. 4 figs. 1-3 |
| 1963 | Microcleidus homalospondylus Persson pp. 19-20 |
| 1997 | Microcleidus homalospondylus Storrs p. 179 |
| 2001 | Microcleidus homalospondylus O'Keefe p. 14 |
| 2012 | Microcleidus homalospondylus Benson et al. fig. 4 |
| 2013 | Microcleidus homalospondylus Brown et al. |
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†Microcleidus homalospondylus Owen 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available