Plesiosauridae
| Plesiosauridae Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic
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| Plesiosaurus skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Plesiosauridae Gray, 1825 |
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Eretmosaurus | |
The Plesiosauridae are a monophyletic group of plesiosaurs.[1]
A family Plesiosauridae was first named by John Edward Gray in 1825.[2]
References[]
- ^ Ketchum, H. F., and Benson, R. B. J., 2010. "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses". Biological Reviews, v. 85, p. 361-392 doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x PMID 20002391
- ^ John Edward Gray, 1825, "A Synopsis of the Genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a Description of some new Species", Annals of Philosophy 10: 193–217
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Categories:
- Plesiosaurs
- Jurassic plesiosaurs
- Hettangian first appearances
- Late Jurassic extinctions
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray