Cryptoclidia

Cryptoclidians
Skeleton of Thililua longicollis, National Museum of Nature and Science
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Plesiosauria
Superfamily: †Plesiosauroidea
Clade: †Cryptoclidia
Ketchum and Benson, 2010
Subgroups

Cryptoclidia is a clade of plesiosaurs.[1]

The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014).[2]

Plesiosauroidea

Plesiosaurus

Eretmosaurus

Westphaliasaurus

Microcleididae

Plesiopterys


Cryptoclidia

Cryptoclididae


Xenopsaria

Elasmosauridae


Leptocleidia

Leptocleididae

Polycotylidae








References

  1. ↑ Ketchum, H.F.; 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.
  2. ↑ Benson, R. B. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2013). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews: n/a. doi:10.1111/brv.12038.


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