Colymbosaurus Seeley 1874 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. Note on some generic modifications of the plesiosaurian pectoral arch. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:436-449

Parent taxon: Cryptoclididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014

See also Brown 1981, Brown 1984, Delair 1960, Knutsen et al. 2012, Lydekker 1889, Seeley 1892, Sepkoski 2002, Wegner 1914 and White 1940

Sister taxa: Abyssosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Cryptoclidus aldingeri, Djupedalia, Kimmerosaurus, Muraenosaurus, Ophthalmothule, Pantosaurus, Picrocleidus, Spitrasaurus, Tatenectes, Tricleidus, Vinialesaurus

Subtaxa: Colymbosaurus sclerodirus Colymbosaurus svalbardensis Colymbosaurus trochanterius

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (11)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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