Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Full reference: P. Vincent, N. Bardet, and E. Mattioli. 2013. A new pliosaurid from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Normandy (Northern France). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to P. Vincent et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Hauffiosaurus, Marmornectes, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea

Subtaxa: Cryonectes neustriacus

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Type: Cryonectes neustriacus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Roche-Blain quarry, Fresney-le-Puceux, near Laize-la-Ville (Jurassic of France)

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