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Colymbosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Sacral vertebra (left) and humerus (right) of Colymbosaurus sp. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
Subfamily: | †Cryptoclidinae |
Genus: | †Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874 |
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†Colymbosaurus megadeirus | |
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