Tricleidus

Genus:
Tricleidus
Genus author:
Andrews, 1909
Classification:

Tricleidus

Age:
Callovian, Late Jurassic
Location:
Fletton, near Peterborough, England
Referred material (sp.):
None
Type species:

T. seeleyi

T. seeleyi is the type and only species of Tricleidus. The holotype specimen (NHMUK R.3539) consists of disarticulated elements including most of skull and half the postcranium, from the Kosmoceras jason – Peltoceras athleta zones of the lowest deposits of the Oxford Clay.

Skull of Tricleidus in lateral view. From Brown (1981).
Palate of Tricleidus in lateral view. From Brown (1981).