Cryptoclididae

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Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neoreptilia
Cladus: Parapleurota
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Cryptoclididae
Genera (3): †Abyssosaurus – †Colymbosaurus – †Cryptoclidus – †Djupedalia – †Kimmerosaurus – †Muraenosaurus – ^{†Opallionectes –} †Ophthalmothule – †Pantosaurus – †Picrocleidus – †Spitrasaurus – †Tatenectes – †Tricleidus – †Vinialesaurus

References

• Cruickshank, A.R.I.; Fordyce, R.E. 2002: A new marine reptile (Sauropterygia) from New Zealand: further evidence for a Late Cretaceous austral radiation of cryptoclidid plesiosaurs. Palaeontology, 45(3): 557–575. DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00249
• O'Keefe, F.R. & Street, H.P. 2009; "Osteology of the Cryptocleidoid Plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of the Cimoliasauridae" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):48–57

Links

• †family Cryptoclididae Williston 1925 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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