Another reptile groupPlesiosaurCarnivore
Leptocleidus
Sea reptiles that swam with four large flippers, many with very long necks. Pliosaurs are a branch of the group with short necks and big heads, the top predators of their seas.
Who it is related to: Part of the Sauropterygia, a branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs.
This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.
Scientific details
- Group
- Plesiosaurs
- Family
- Leptocleididae
- When it lived
- 100.5–143.1 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Berriasian – Albian
- Named by
- Andrews, 1922
- Fossil occurrences
- 7 sites
Countries with fossils
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- South Africa
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata