Cryptoclididae

{{Short description|Extinct family of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Cryptoclidids

| fossil_range =
Middle Jurassic - Early Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|170|130}}

| image = Cryptoclidus eurymerus Tubingen.JPG

| image_caption = Skeleton of Cryptoclidus eurymerus at the Museum of Paleontology, Tuebingen

| taxon = Cryptoclididae

| authority = Williston, 1925

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = *{{extinct}}Opallionectes?

• Colymbosaurinae
• {{extinct}}Abyssosaurus
• {{extinct}}Colymbosaurus
• {{extinct}}Djupedalia
• {{extinct}}OphthalmothuleRoberts AJ, Druckenmiller PS, Cordonnier B, Delsett LL, Hurum JH. 2020. A new plesiosaurian from the Jurassic–Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmøya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography. PeerJ 8:e8652 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8652
• {{extinct}}Pantosaurus
• {{extinct}}Spitrasaurus
• Muraenosaurinae
• {{extinct}}Muraenosaurus
• {{extinct}}Picrocleidus
• {{extinct}}Tricleidus?
• {{extinct}}Vinialesaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Gasparini, Z. |author2=Bardet, N. |author3= Iturralde-Vinent, M. |name-list-style=amp|year=2002 |url= http://doc.rero.ch/lm.php?url=1000,43,39,20091210003120-ZZ/PAL_E2408.pdf |title=A new cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Cuba |journal=Geobios |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=201–211 |doi=10.1016/s0016-6995(02)00019-0}}
• Cryptoclidinae
• {{extinct}}Cryptoclidus
• {{extinct}}Kimmerosaurus
• {{extinct}}Tatenectes
• {{extinct}}Tricleidus?

}}

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Cryptoclididae is a family of medium-sized plesiosaurs that existed from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. They had long necks, broad and short skulls and densely packed teeth. They fed on small soft-bodied preys such as small fish and crustaceans. The earliest members of the family appeared during the early Bajocian, and they represented the dominant group of long-necked plesiosaurs during the latter half of the Jurassic.{{Cite journal|last1=Fischer|first1=Valentin|last2=Weis|first2=Robert|last3=Thuy|first3=Ben|date=2021-02-22|title=Refining the marine reptile turnover at the Early–Middle Jurassic transition|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=9|pages=e10647|doi=10.7717/peerj.10647|issn=2167-8359|pmc=7906043|pmid=33665003 |doi-access=free }}