Colymbosaurus

Colymbosaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Cryptoclididae
Genus: †Colymbosaurus
Species (2): †C. megadeirus – †C. svalbardensis

Name

• †Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874

Type species: †Colymbosaurus megadeirus Seeley, 1874, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Seeley, H.G. 1874. Note on some generic modifications of the plesiosaurian pectoral arch. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30: 436–449.

Links

• †Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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