Cryptoclidia
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| Cryptoclidia | |
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| Life restoration of the cryptoclidian Muraenosaurus leedsi. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Node: | †Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson, 2010 |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptocleidoidea Williston, 1925 | |
Cryptoclidia is a clade of plesiosaurs.[1]
References
- ↑ 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 85 (2): 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x. PMID 20002391.
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