Plesiosauridae

Plesiosauridae
Temporal range: 199–145 Ma
Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Superfamily: Plesiosauroidea
Family: Plesiosauridae
Gray, 1825
Genera

Hydrorion
Lusonectes
Microcleidus
Occitanosaurus
Plesiosaurus
Seeleyosaurus
Westphaliasaurus

Plesiosauridae was a monophyletic family of plesiosaurs.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ketchum, H. F., and Benson, R. B. J., 2010. Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses. Biological Reviews, v. 85, p. 361-392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x PMID 20002391