Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae

Full reference: A. Y. Berezin. 2011. A new plesiosaur of the family Aristonectidae from the Early Cretaceous of the center of the Russian Platform. Paleontological Journal 45(6):648-660

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

See also Berezin 2011

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

Subtaxa: Abyssosaurus nataliae

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Type: Abyssosaurus nataliae

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Mishukovo, left tributary of the Sura River, Menya River (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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