Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Microcleididae
Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2012. High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic boundary. PLoS ONE 7(3):e31838
Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2012 and Vincent et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cimoliosaurus limnophilus, Cryptoclidia, Cryptoclididae, Elasmosauridae, Euplesiosauria, Franconiasaurus, Leptocleidia, Opallionectes, Plesiopharos, Plesiopterys, Plesiosauridae, Plesiosaurus, Polycotylidae, Sthenarosaurus, Westphaliasaurus
Subtaxa: Microcleidus Seeleyosaurus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (5), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences