Cryptoclidus

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Skeleton of Cryptoclidus in lateral view. From Brown (1981).

Cryptoclidus, often wrongly spelled 'Cryptocleidus' after Andrews (1909), is a moderately sized plesiosaur with adults about four metres long (Brown 1981). It is known from a large number of individual specimens from the Oxford Clay Formation. Fossils of Cryptoclidus are relatively common, and provide a complete ontogenetic sequence from very young to…

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