Classification
Fossil sites 72 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
15
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
12
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
17
Callovian
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
24
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Bajocian
(170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Cryptoclidus aldingeri
nomen dubium, species not entered Cryptoclididae
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
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