Eurycleidus

Eurycleidus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: Eurycleidus
Andrews, 1922
Type species
Eurycleidus arcuatus
(Owen, 1840)
Synonyms

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.