Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Full reference: E. M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller, and J. H. Hurum. 2012. Two new species of long-necked plesiosaurians (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Jurassic (Middle Volgian) Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:187-212
Parent taxon: Cryptoclididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Knutsen et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Abyssosaurus, Colymbosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Cryptoclidus aldingeri, Djupedalia, Kimmerosaurus, Muraenosaurus, Ophthalmothule, Pantosaurus, Picrocleidus, Tatenectes, Tricleidus, Vinialesaurus
Subtaxa: Spitrasaurus larseni Spitrasaurus wensaasi
Type: Spitrasaurus wensaasi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Norway (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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