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Tricleidus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Sauropterygia

Family
  
Cryptoclididae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Sauropsida

Suborder
  
Plesiosauroidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Plesiosauria

Tricleidus httpsplesiosauriacomtricleidusskulljpg

Similar
  
Tatenectes, Colymbosaurus, Vinialesaurus, Microcleidus, Eretmosaurus

Tricleidus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur known from only specimen (BMNH R3539) from the middle Jurassic of United Kingdom. It was first named by Andrews in 1909 and the type species is Tricleidus seeleyi.

References

Tricleidus Wikipedia