Apractocleidus teretipes (nomen dubium)
Diagnosis
Plesiosaurs in which the neck is composed of about twenty-nine vertebras, of which the centra are wider than high and slightly higher than long. The oval articular ends are concave in the centre but convex near the margin. There are three pectoral vertebrae and twenty-three dorsals, or two pectorals and twenty-four dorsals. The shoulder-girdle is of Elasmosaurian type, and so ossified as to form a very rigid structure. The coracoids are exceptionally broad, and the postero-lateral processes are greatly produced. The dorsal rami of the scapulae are widely extended in a similar fashion. The ventral ramus of the scapula is large, and in the adult the anterior portion has grown forward beyond the clavicles, which are very thin films of bone lying wholly within the visceral surface of the scapulae. A rudimentary interclavicle may be present. In the mid-ventral line the scapulae and the anterior parts of the coracoids impart a slightly carinate appearance to the shoulder-girdle. The humerus is greatly expanded distally, and articulates with four elements. The pelvis is of great breadth, and the wide spread of the antero-external angles of the pubes, taken in conjunction with the breadth of the shoulder-girdle, indicates a genus of exceptionally broad build. The femur is slightly smaller and more slender than the humerus, and is not greatly expanded distally.
Fossils
 
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
Age
Callovian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Oxford Clay
Locality
Peterborough
 
ID record for HMG V1091
Apractocleidus teretipes
Holotype
Smellie, W. R. (1917) Apractocleidus teretipes: A new Oxfordian Plesiosaur in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. LI, Part I(19), pp.609-629
Specimen
Age
Callovian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Oxford Clay
Locality
Peterborough
 
ID record for HMG V1104
Apractocleidus teretipes
Refered Specimen
Smellie, W. R. (1917) Apractocleidus teretipes: A new Oxfordian Plesiosaur in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. LI, Part I(19), pp.609-629
Specimen
Age
Callovian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Oxford Clay
Locality
Peterborough
 
ID record for HMG V1809
Apractocleidus teretipes
Refered Specimen
Smellie, W. R. (1917) Apractocleidus teretipes: A new Oxfordian Plesiosaur in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. LI, Part I(19), pp.609-629