Cryptoclidus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cryptoclidus (/krɪptoʊˈklaɪdəs/ krip-toh-KLY-dəs) is a genus of plesiosaur reptile from the Middle Jurassic period of England, France, and Cuba.[2]
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Cryptoclidus | |
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Cast of a fossil skeleton, University of Tübingen | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
Subfamily: | †Cryptoclidinae |
Genus: | †Cryptoclidus Seeley, 1892 |
Type species | |
†Cryptoclidus eurymerus Phillips, 1871 | |
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