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Picrocleidus beloclis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae

Taxonomy
Muraenosaurus beloclis was named by Seeley (1892). Its type specimen is BMNH R.1965, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Picrocleidus beloclis by Andrews (1909), Andrews (1910), Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Muraenosaurus beloclis Seeley pp. 143-145 figs. 10-12
1909Picrocleidus beloclis Andrews pp. 421-423 fig. 3
1910Picrocleidus beloclis Andrews p. 140 figs. Pl. VII, text-fig. 70
1981Muraenosaurus beloclis Brown pp. 282, 292
2014Picrocleidus beloclis Benson and Druckenmiller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyCryptoclididaeWilliston 1925
genusPicrocleidus
speciesbeloclis(Seeley 1892)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Picrocleidus beloclis Seeley 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Muraenosaurus beloclis (type locality: 109800)