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Leptocleidus capensis
Reference
Andrews, C. W. (1911) Description of a new plesiosaur (Plesiosaurus capensis) from the Uitenhage beds of Cape Colony; Annals of the South African Museum, 7(), pp.309-322
Etymology
after Cape province, South Africa
Fossils
 
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
SMA K5822
South African Museum
Age
Valanginian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Sundays River Formation
Locality
Picnic Bush Site
 
ID record for SMA K5822
Leptocleidus capensis
Holotype
Cruickshank, Arthur R I (1997) A Lower Cretaceous pliosauroid from South Africa; Annals of the South African Museum, 105(2), pp.207-226