Tricleidus Andrews, 1909
T. seeleyi is the type and only species of Tricleidus.
Classification
Sauropterygia --> Eosauropterygia --> Eusauropterygia --> Pistosauroidea --> Plesiosauria --> Plesiosauroidea --> Cryptoclididae
T. seeleyi Andrews, 1909
Material
Type material: BMNH R.3539. Disarticulated elements including most of skull and half postcranium.
Age and Location
Kosmoceras jason - Peltoceras athleta zones, Lowest deposits of the Oxford Clay, Callovian Stage, Upper Jurassic, from Fletton, near Peterborough, England.
Tricleidus images
Skull of Tricleidus in lateral view (from Brown, 1992)
Palate of Tricleidus in ventral view (from O'Keefe, 2003)
