†Leptocleididae (original) (raw)

After Ketchum & Benson, 2010

**<==**o †Leptocleididae White, 1940 |-- †Kaiwhekea katiki Cruickshank & Fordyce, 2002 --+--+-- †_Nichollssaura borealis_ (Druckenmiller & Russell, 2008) Druckenmiller & Russell, 2009 [_Nichollsia borealis_ Druckenmiller & Russell, 2008 (preoccupied)] | -- †Thililua longicollis Bardet, Suberbiola & Jalil, 2003 --+-- †_Brancasaurus brancai_ Wegner, 1914 --+-- †Umoonasaurus demoscyllus Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 --o †_Leptocleidus_ Andrews, 1922 [_Peyerus_ Stromer, 1935] [Leptocleidinae] |-- †_L. superstes_ Andrews, 1922 |-- †_L. capensis_ (Andrews, 1911) Andrews, 1922 [_Plesiosaurus capensis_ Andrews, 1911; _Peyerus capensis_ (Andrews, 1911) Stromer, 1935] |-- †_L. clemai_ Cruickshank & Long, 1997 -- †L. sp. [South Australia, “Eric”]

Reference(s):

• Bardet, N., Suberbiola, X. P. & Jalil, N.-E., 2003: A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco.
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• Ketchum, H. F. & Benson, R. B. J., 2010: Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses.
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