Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Alternative spelling: Cryptocleididae
Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to D. Madzia et al. 2021
See also Araujo et al. 2008, Bardet et al. 1991, Benson and Druckenmiller 2014, Brown 1981, Carpenter 1999, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee and Small 1989, Cruickshank and Fordyce 2002, Gasparini et al. 2002, Gasparini and Spalletti 1993, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, O'Keefe 2001, Otero et al. 2015, Roberts et al. 2020 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Cimoliosaurus limnophilus, Cryptoclidia, Elasmosauridae, Euplesiosauria, Franconiasaurus, Leptocleidia, Microcleididae, Opallionectes, Plesiopharos, Plesiopterys, Plesiosauridae, Plesiosaurus, Polycotylidae, Sthenarosaurus, Westphaliasaurus
Subtaxa: Abyssosaurus Colymbosaurus Cryptoclidus Cryptoclidus aldingeri Djupedalia Kimmerosaurus Muraenosaurus Ophthalmothule Pantosaurus Picrocleidus Spitrasaurus Tatenectes Tricleidus Vinialesaurus
Type: Cryptoclidus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Norway (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Cuba (2), France (3), Greenland (1), India (1), Norway (7), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (5: Wyoming)
Total: 54 collections including 71 occurrences