CRYPTOCLIDUS & MURAENOSAURUS
"THE AQUATIC WELCOMING"
"THE AQUATIC WELCOMING"
Scientific Name:
Cryptoclidus eurymerus (meaning "Hidden Clavicles with Wide Femurs")
Year Of Naming:
1871
Family:
Cryptoclidinae, Cryptoclididae, Plesiosauria, Sauropterygia, Reptilia
Size:
4 meters (13 ft)
Discovery & Time Period:
Oxford Clay, Weymouth, Cambridge & Peterborough, England
Middle Jurassic (Callovian - Oxfordian), 166 - 160 mya
Scientific Name:
Muraenosaurus leedsii (meaning "Leeds' Eel Reptile")
Year Of Naming:
1874
Family:
Muraenosaurinae, Cryptoclididae, Plesiosauria, Sauropterygia, Reptilia
Size:
5.2 meters (17 ft)
Discovery & Time Period:
Oxford Clay & Argiles de Montaubert Formations, Oxford, Peterborough & Upper France, England & France
Middle Jurassic (Callovian - Oxfordian), 164.7 - 163.5 mya
Date Of Release:
January 6th, 2019
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