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Cryptoclidia (disused)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cryptocleidoidea Williston
2001Cryptocleidoidea O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20
2010Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson pp. 15, 21 & table 4
2011Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson p. 126
2011Cryptoclidia O'Keefe et al.
2012Cryptocleidoidea Otero et al.
2014Cryptoclidia Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
—Cryptoclidia
—Cryptoclidia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Cryptoclidia Ketchum and Benson 2010
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Invalid names: Cryptocleidoidea Williston 1925 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. R. O'Keefe 2001 (Cryptocleidoidea)"Fin aspect ratio low; anterior interpterygoid vacuity wide with rounded ends; anterior parasphenoid short and blunt; coronoid exposed on lateral mandible surface; groove formed by prearticular/socket in angular; atlas centrum exposed on lateral surface between intercentrum and neural arch; anterior neural flange on cervical neural spines."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Cimoliasaurus portlandicus (139598)