Cryonectes neustriacus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pliosauroidea
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: †Pliosauroidea

Familia: †Pliosauridae
Genus: †Cryonectes
Species: †Cryonectes neustriacus

Name

†Cryonectes neustriacus Vincent, Bardet & Mattioli, 2013: 473

Holotype: MAE 2007.1.1(J), an incomplete skull and articulated mandible, and 10 associated vertebrae.

Type locality and horizon: “Roche−Blain quarry, Fresney−le−Puceux, near Laize−la−Ville, south of Caen, Calvados Department, Northern France. “Calcaire à Bélemnites” Formation, uppermost Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic), Normandy”.

References

Primary references

Vincent, P., Bardet, N. & Mattioli, E. 2013. A new pliosaurid from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Normandy (Northern France). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3): 471–485. DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0113 Reference page.

Links

i – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.