Species Classification: ‭ ‬Cryptoclididae.

In Depth        Tricleidus is but one of many cryptoclidid plesiosaurs active in European waters during the Jurassic,‭ ‬although it is not as well-known as the type genus of this‭ ‬group,‭ ‬Cryptoclidus.‭ ‬The type species name T.‭ ‬seeleyi is in honour of the British palaeontologist Harry Govier Seeley.‭ ‬Another species based upon American fossils once attributed … Read more

In Depth        The holotype remains of Vinialesaurus were initially known as a species‭ ‬of Cryptoclidus when it was first described in‭ ‬1949,‭ ‬but later study has now revealed that there is enough difference between the Vinialesaurus holotype remains of other fossils of Cryptoclidus.‭ ‬As a cryptoclidid plesiosaur,‭ ‬Vinialesaurus would have likely been one of the … Read more