| Cymbospondylidae Temporal range: Early Triassic to Late Triassic,
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| Cymbospondylus buchseri fossil at the Palaeontological Museum of the University of Zurich | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Node: | †Hueneosauria |
| Suborder: | †Longipinnati |
| Family: | †Cymbospondylidae Huene, 1948 |
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Cymbospondylidae is an extinct family of hueneosaurian Ichthyosaurs known from the Middle Triassic of Europe, North America, and Asia.[3][4]
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