The genus and species ‘Apractocleidus teretipes‘ was erected by Smellie (1916) for a specimen now regarded as old-adult individual of Cryptoclidus. The specimen was collected by Alfred Leeds and acquired by the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. The taxon ‘Apractocleidus‘ is therefore considered a junior synonym of Cryptoclidus.
Apractocleidus
Genus
Apractocleidus
Author
Smellie (1916)
Classification
Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Plesiosauroidea
Cryptoclididae
Age
Oxfordian
Location
Near Peterborough, UK
Type species
A. teretipes
Other species
N/A
Referred material
N/A