Kingdom Animalia Superorder †Sauropterygia Phylum Chordata Order Plesiosauria | Class Reptilia Family †Microcleididae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Hydrorion, Microcleidus, Sthenarosaurus, Plesiopterys, Lusonectes | ||
Seeleyosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. It is known from a large almost complete skeleton from the Upper Lias (Toarcian) of Württemberg, Germany. There seems to be the impression of a rhomboidal flap of skin in a vertical plane; if so, many plesiosaurs may have been equipped in this way.
Classification
The following cladogram follows an analysis by Ketchum & Benson, 2011.
References
Seeleyosaurus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA