Cryonectes

Cryonectes
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 185–183 Ma
Holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Pliosauridae
Genus: Cryonectes
Vincent, Bardet & Mattioli, 2012
Type species
Cryonectes neustriacus
Vincent, Bardet & Mattioli, 2012

Cryonectes is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurian known from the Early Jurassic of Normandy, northern France.[1]

  1. ^ Peggy Vincent; Nathalie Bardet; Emanuela Mattioli (2012). "A new pliosaurid from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Normandy (Northern France)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0113.