Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Full reference: D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347
Parent taxon: Cryptoclididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Brown 1981, Brown et al. 1986, Carroll 1988, Gasparini et al. 2002, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Keefe 2001, O'Keefe 2004, Otero et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abyssosaurus, Colymbosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Cryptoclidus aldingeri, Djupedalia, Muraenosaurus, Ophthalmothule, Pantosaurus, Picrocleidus, Spitrasaurus, Tatenectes, Tricleidus, Vinialesaurus
Subtaxa: Kimmerosaurus langhami
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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