Cryptoclidia Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic-
Late Cretaceous,
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Skeleton of Thililua longicollis, National Museum of Nature and Science | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | † Sauropterygia |
Order: | † Plesiosauria |
Superfamily: | † Plesiosauroidea |
Clade: | †
Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson, 2010 |
Subgroups | |
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Cryptoclidia is a clade of plesiosaurs.
Cryptoclidia was named and defined as a node clade in 2010 by Hilary Ketchum and Roger Benson: the group consisting of the last common ancestor of Cryptoclidus eurymerus and Polycotylus latipinnis; and all its descendants. [1]
The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014). [2]
Cryptoclidia Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic-
Late Cretaceous,
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Skeleton of Thililua longicollis, National Museum of Nature and Science | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | † Sauropterygia |
Order: | † Plesiosauria |
Superfamily: | † Plesiosauroidea |
Clade: | †
Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson, 2010 |
Subgroups | |
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Cryptoclidia is a clade of plesiosaurs.
Cryptoclidia was named and defined as a node clade in 2010 by Hilary Ketchum and Roger Benson: the group consisting of the last common ancestor of Cryptoclidus eurymerus and Polycotylus latipinnis; and all its descendants. [1]
The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014). [2]