Talk:Leptocleidus

Orphaned references in Leptocleidus
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Leptocleidus's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Marmornectes": From Trinacromerum:  From Seeleyosaurus: doi: 10.5061/dryad.p71fk/1 From Plesiosauria:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:41, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Leptocleidus sp.: Vectocleidus?
Is the suposed Leptocleidus sp. illustrated and listed here as being from the Vectis Formation perhaps what later became Vectocleidus? Pinging, as usual when I hit a wall... Also mentioned on this site: FunkMonk (talk) 22:09, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Indeed, the "Leptocleidus sp." mentioned on the Dinowight site is Vectocleidus. Whether the illustration is in any way based on its material is highly doubtful, however. It says that it is based on L. capensis. No skull material is known.--MWAK (talk) 22:43, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * So at least we should remove mention of the Isle of Wight from this article, no? FunkMonk (talk) 22:47, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Well, to avoid confusion, we could indicate that it is now known as Vectocleidus.--MWAK (talk) 06:10, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Good move! A bit irritating that we don't know what that sp. restoration is supposed to depict... FunkMonk (talk) 08:36, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Checking the notes from the image's author, he says its mostly based on L. capensis. So i guess good news is that the image can stay... bad news is that Vectocleidus is still unillustrated. Ryan shell (talk) 12:58, 9 May 2017 (UTC) ps) it would also be cool if we can edit Vectocleidus into the cladogram here to better illustrate the evolutionary relationships of both genera on their own articles -I don't have access to the paper right now though.
 * My impression is that it is supposed to depict either the Isle of Wight or Australian sp. (since both have been referred to as Leptocleidus sp.), but if we really want to know, we can email the artist about it... And yeah, if someone can make a cladogram based on the Vectocleidus paper, that would be nice, but I am really bad at those... FunkMonk (talk) 13:32, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah me too, I'm working on a Devonian shark article in my spare time and its becoming increasingly clear that I have no idea what im doing when it comes to the cladistics script. Ryan shell (talk) 14:42, 9 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The paper concludes "Therefore, although Vectocleidus can be confidently identified as a leptocleidid, its affinities within the clade cannot currently be resolved". So a cladogram would only show a uninformative polytomy...--MWAK (talk) 18:35, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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