Name - Leptocleididae White 1940

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1219029 [metadata]

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Original Description Reference

• Holotype of Plesiosaurus longirostris Blake and classification of the Plesiosaurs. Journal of Paleontology Menasha , 14(5) 1940: pp. 451-467. [Zoological Record Volume 77]

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Recent Publications

• A phylogeny of Plesiosauria (Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the systematic status of Leptocleidus Andrews, 1922.
• Holotype of Plesiosaurus longirostris Blake and classification of the Plesiosaurs.
• A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Vectis Formation (Early Barremianearly Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight and the evolution of Leptocleididae, a controversial clade.
• The forgotten remains of a leptocleidid plesiosaur (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gronau (Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany).
• Plesiosauria remains from the Barremian of Morella (Castellon, Spain) and first identification of Leptocleididae in the Iberian record.

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