Colymbosaurus

Colymbosaurus
Temporal range: Callovian-Tithonian,
~165–145 Ma
Sacral vertebra (left) and humerus (right) of Colymbosaurus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Plesiosauria
Family: †Cryptoclididae
Subfamily: †Cryptoclidinae
Genus: †Colymbosaurus
Seeley, 1874
Type species
†Colymbosaurus megadeirus
Species
  • †C. megadeirus
    (Seeley, 1869)
  • †C. svalbardensis
    (Persson, 2012)
Synonyms

Colymbosaurus is a genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic (Callovian-Tithonian) of the UK and Svalbard, Norway.[1] There are two currently recognized species, C. megadeirus and C. svalbardensis.

  1. ^ Gasparini, Z.; Bardet, N. & Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2002). "A new cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Cuba" (PDF). Geobios. 35 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(02)00019-0.