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Leptocleidus capensis

Species

L. capensis

Author

(Andrews, 1911)

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Plesiosauroidea
Leptocleididae
Leptocleidus

Age

Uppermost Valanginian, Early Cretaceous

Type location

Picnic Bush site, overlooking Redhouse Farm, Swartkops River Valley, Cape Province, South Africa

Geological formation

Sundays River Formation

Type specimen

SAM-K5822, a complete skull and partial lower jaw

Referred material

None

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The skeletons in the site header are (from left to right): Kronosaurus (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge), Thalassomedon (American Museum of Natural History, New York), Cryptoclidus (Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow), Rhomaleosaurus (Natural History Museum, London), Dolichorhynchops (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and Thalassiodracon (Natural History Museum, London).

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