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Microcleidus macropterus
Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus macropterus was named by Seeley (1865). Its type specimen is CAMSM J.35182, a skeleton (almost complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Microcleidus macropterus by Watson (1911).
It was recombined as Microcleidus macropterus by Watson (1911).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1865 | Plesiosaurus macropterus Seeley |
1869 | Plesiosaurus macropterus Seeley pp. 121, 137 |
1876 | Plesiosaurus macropterus Tate and Blake p. 246 |
1909 | Plesiosaurus macropterus Watson p. 1 |
1911 | Microcleidus macropterus Watson pp. 1-9 fig. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Microcleidus macropterus Seeley 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available