Tricleidus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Tricleidus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid[1] plesiosaur known from only specimen (BMNH R3539) from the middle Jurassic of United Kingdom.[2] It was first named by Andrews in 1909 and the type species is Tricleidus seeleyi.[2]
| Tricleidus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
| Subfamily: | †Cryptoclidinae |
| Genus: | †Tricleidus Andrews, 1909 |
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One species, T. svalbardensis,[3] was moved into Colymbosaurus in 2012.[4] It was found in the Agardhfjellet Formation, Norway.
