Cryptoclidus

Cryptoclidus
Skeletal mount at the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Cryptoclididae
Subfamily: Cryptoclidinae
Genus: Cryptoclidus
Seeley, 1892
Type species
Plesiosaurus eurymerus
Phillips, 1871
Species
  • C. eurymerus Phillips, 1871 (type)
  • C. richardsoni Lydekker, 1889
Synonyms
  • Apractocleidus Smellie, 1915
  • Plesiosaurus eurymerus Phillips, 1871

Cryptoclidus (/krɪptˈkldəs/ krip-toh-KLY-dəs) is a genus of plesiosaur reptile from the Middle Jurassic period of England, France, and Cuba.