Apractocleidus   SMELLIE 1915  

Type Species

teretipes

Species recorded

Apractocleides aldingeri
Apractocleidus teretipes

Etymology

"functionless clavicle" - a-PRAK-to-KLIE-duhs (Gr. apraktos "functionless, incomplete" + Gr. kleid- (kleis) "key, clavicle" + -us) (m) named for the rigidity of the shoulder girdle, which rendered the clavicles "functionless.

Diagnosis    BROWN 1981b

junior synonym of Cryptoclidus SEELEY 1892

Genus List

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