ammonites
†family Muraenosauridae White 1940 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Sauropterygia

Full reference: T. E. White. 1940. Holotype of Plesiosaurus longirostris Blake and classification of the plesiosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 14(5):451-467

Parent taxon: Plesiosauria according to T. E. White 1940

Sister taxa: Aptychodon, Embaphias, Eoplesiosaurus, Eretmosaurus, Gymocetus, Hexatarsostinus, Hunosaurus, Iserosaurus, Namuncurania, Neoplesiosauria, Nothosaurops, Orophosaurus, Plesiosauroidea, Pliosauridae, Pliosauroidea, Rhomaleosauridae, Scarrisaurus, Stratesaurus, Sulmosaurus, Taphrosaurus, Tremamesacleididae, Uronautes, Polyptychodon hudsoni, Polyptychodon interruptus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic carnivore