Plesiosauridae Temporal range: 199–145 Ma Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic |
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Plesiosaurus skeleton. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
Family: |
†Plesiosauridae Gray, 1825 |
Genera | |
Eretmosaurus |
Eretmosaurus
Hydrorion
Lusonectes
Microcleidus
Occitanosaurus
Plesiopterys
Plesiosaurus
Seeleyosaurus
Westphaliasaurus
The Plesiosauridae are a monophyletic group of plesiosaurs.
A family Plesiosauridae was first named by John Edward Gray in 1825.