| Colymbosaurus Temporal range: Callovian to late Tithonian |
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| Colymbosaurus humerus, OUMNH | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | Cryptoclididae[1] |
| Genus: | Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874 |
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Colymbosaurus is a genus of English plesiosaur described in 1874 by Seeley. The only bones found include 74 vertebrae, ribs, coracoids, a scapula and fore and hind limbs (fins).[2] This specimen may be the missing body of Kimmerosaurus, which would make this a cryptoclid instead of an elasmosaurid. Colymbosaurus may be a senior synonym of Kimmerosaurus.[3]
http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/220Lepidosauromorpha/220.800.html#Colymbosaurus
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