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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