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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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