Cryptoclidia Explained

Cryptoclidia is a clade of plesiosaurs.

Cryptoclidia was named and defined as a node clade in 2010 by Hilary Ketchum and Roger Benson: the group consisting of the last common ancestor of Cryptoclidus eurymerus and Polycotylus latipinnis; and all its descendants.[1]

The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ketchum . H.F. . 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 . 85 . 2 . 361–392 . 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x . 20002391. 12193439 .
  2. Benson . R. B. J. . Druckenmiller . P. S. . 10.1111/brv.12038 . Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition . Biological Reviews . 1–23. 2013 . 23581455. 89. 1 . 19710180 .

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