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Cryptoclididae is a
family of medium-sized
plesiosaurs that
existed from the
Middle Jur****ic to the
Early Cretaceous. They had long necks,
broad and short...
- from Kimmeridge") is an
extinct genus of
plesiosaur from the
family Cryptoclididae.
Kimmerosaurus is most
closely related to Tatenectes.
There are very...
- Muraenosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Picrocleidus, Tricleidus, and
others (the
Cryptoclididae). In 1940
Theodore White published a
hypothesis on the interrelationships...
- Plesiosauroids:
Early Jur****ic - Late
Cretaceous Plesiosaurus Cimoliasauridae Cryptoclididae Cryptoclidus Microcleidus Muraenosaurus Elasmosauridae Elasmosaurus...
- time.
During the same time,
approximately 160 million
years ago, the
Cryptoclididae were present,
shorter species with a long neck and a
small head. The...
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dominant clade of
plesiosaurs of the
latter half of the Jur****ic, the
Cryptoclididae during the Bajocian. The
Middle Jur****ic saw the
evolution of short-necked...
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Cryptoclididae...
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Cryptoclididae...
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unspecialized types which are
limited to the
Early Jur****ic period;
Cryptoclididae, (e.g. Cryptoclidus), with a medium-long neck and
somewhat stocky build;...
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Cryptoclididae...
