Raptocleidus is an extinct genus of plesiosaurid from Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian stage) deposits of Lyme Regis, southern United Kingdom. It is known from a partial skeleton missing the skull. It is estimated to have measured 3 metres (9.8 ft) long.[1]
| Raptocleidus Temporal range: Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic
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| Genus: | Raptocleidus Evans, 2012
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| Raptocleidus blakei Evans, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Evans, Mark (2012). "A New Genus of Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of England, and a Phylogeny of the Plesiosauria" (PDF). University of Leicester: 1–397.
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