Reptilia - Sauropterygia

Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2012. High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic boundary. PLoS ONE 7(3):e31838

Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2013

Sister taxa: Cryptoclidia, Euplesiosauria, Opallionectes, Plesiopterys, Plesiosauridae, Plesiosaurus, Sthenarosaurus, Westphaliasaurus

Subtaxa: Microcleidus, Seeleyosaurus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore