Tricleidus

Tricleidus; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
	Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
Order:	Plesiosauria
Suborder:	Plesiosauroidea
Family:	Cryptoclididae
Genus:	Tricleidus; Andrews, 1909
Species
	T. seeleyi Andrews, 1909 (type);

Tricleidus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur known from only specimen (BMNH R3539) from the middle Jurassic of United Kingdom. It was first named by Andrews in 1909 and the type species is Tricleidus seeleyi.

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