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CRYPTOCLIDUS
(crip-toe-clied-us)
meaning: "Hidden collarbone"
Cryptoclidus
Named By: Harry Govier Seeley in 1892
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 166-164 Ma
Location: England, France, South America
Size: Up to 4 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Several individuals, including adult and juvenile specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Plesiosauroidea | Cryptoclididae |
Also known as: | Apractocleidus | Cryptoclidus oxoniensis |
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Cryptoclidus ( krip-toh-KLY-das) is a genus of plesiosaur reptile from the Middle Jurassic period of England.

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