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

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.

The holotype and only specimen is mounted on display in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. In 2011 it was conserved, moved, and remounted by Nigel Larkin.

<i>Cryptoclidus</i> (the type specimen of &#8216;<em>Apractocleidus</em>&#8216;, V.1091, with the tail of V.1104 and a replica head) in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Adam S. Smith 2007.