Leptocleidus
Sign in to saveLeptocleidus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur, belonging to the family Leptocleididae. It was a small plesiosaur, measuring only up to in length.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Leptocleididae
- Image
- Leptocleidus1DB.jpg
- Length
- 3
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- taxon name
- Leptocleidus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Leptocleidus
- start time
- 140000000-
- end time
- 125000000-
- location of discovery
- British Isles
- time period
- Cretaceous
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Leptocleidus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur, belonging to the family Leptocleididae. It was a small plesiosaur, measuring only up to in length.
==Discovery==
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