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Leptocleidus superstes

Species

L. superstes

Author

Andrews, 1922

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Plesiosauroidea
Leptocleididae
Leptocleidus

Age

Barremian, Lower Cretaceous

Type location

Sussex, England

Geological formation

Upper Weald Clay

Type specimen

NHMUK R4828, skull and partial skeleton

Referred material

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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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