Eurycleidus
Sign in to saveEurycleidus is an extinct genus of large-bodied rhomaleosaurid known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, E. arcuatus.
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- Parent taxon
- Rhomaleosauridae
- Image
- Museum Heineanum Rudersaurier Eurycleidus arcuatus.jpg
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- start time
- 199600000-
- end time
- 198000000-
- location of discovery
- United Kingdom
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- Eurycleidus
- taxon name
- Eurycleidus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Eurycleidus is an extinct genus of large-bodied rhomaleosaurid known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, E. arcuatus.
== Discovery and naming == The currently accepted remains that belong to Eurycleidus arctuatus consist of syntypes BMNH 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, and associated specimens BMNH R.1317 en R.1318, BMNH 2047, BMNH 2061 and BMNH R.1319. They were acquired by Thomas Hawkins during the early 1830s from a quarry in Street, Somerset and he described them in 1834.
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