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Tricleidus
Taxonomy
Tricleidus was named by Andrews (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call J u]. Its type is Tricleidus seeleyi.
It was assigned to Muraenosauridae by White (1940); to Elasmosauridae by Wegner (1914), Brown (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Tricleidia by O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptocleidoidea by O'Keefe (2004) and Otero et al. (2012); and to Cryptoclididae by Gasparini et al. (2002), Ketchum and Benson (2010) and Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
It was assigned to Muraenosauridae by White (1940); to Elasmosauridae by Wegner (1914), Brown (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Tricleidia by O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptocleidoidea by O'Keefe (2004) and Otero et al. (2012); and to Cryptoclididae by Gasparini et al. (2002), Ketchum and Benson (2010) and Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
Species
T. seeleyi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Tricleidus Andrews |
| 1914 | Tricleidus Wegner p. 289 |
| 1940 | Tricleidus White p. 461 |
| 1981 | Tricleidus Brown p. 340 |
| 1988 | Tricleidus Carroll |
| 2001 | Tricleidus O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20 |
| 2002 | Tricleidus Gasparini et al. |
| 2002 | Tricleidus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Tricleidus O'Keefe p. 337 figs. Fig. 11 |
| 2010 | Tricleidus Ketchum and Benson p. 15 |
| 2012 | Tricleidus Otero et al. |
| 2014 | Tricleidus Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available