Vertebrata - Sauropterygia - Microcleididae

Alternative combinations: Occitanosaurus tournemirensis, Plesiosaurus tournemirensis

Full reference: J. Sciau, J. -Y. Crochet, and J. Mattei. 1990. Le premier squelette de plesiosaure de France sur le causse du Larzac (Toarcien, Jurassique Inférieur). Geobios 23(1):111-116

Belongs to Microcleidus according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Microcleidus brachypterygius, Microcleidus homalospondylus, Microcleidus macropterus

Type specimen: MMM J. T. 86-100, Musée Municipal de Millau, Aveyron, France, a skeleton (almost complete, partially disarticulated skeleton (193 bones) including the skull, vertebral series from the atlas-axis to the sacrum (43 cervical, three pecto).

Ecology: aquatic carnivore