Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Full reference: F. R. O'Keefe and W. Wahl, Jr. 2003. Preliminary report on the osteology and relationships of a new aberrant cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2):48-68
Parent taxon: Cryptoclididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also O'Keefe and Street 2009, O'Keefe et al. 2011 and Otero et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Abyssosaurus, Colymbosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Cryptoclidus aldingeri, Djupedalia, Kimmerosaurus, Muraenosaurus, Ophthalmothule, Pantosaurus, Picrocleidus, Spitrasaurus, Tricleidus, Vinialesaurus
Subtaxa: Tatenectes laramiensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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