Crymocetus

Crymocetus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype vertebra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Genus:	†Crymocetus; Cope, 1869
Type species
	†Crymocetus bernardi; Cope, 1869
Synonyms
	Cimoliasaurus bernardi Lydekker, 1889; Plesiosaurus bernardi Owen, 1850;

Crymocetus (meaning "cold sea monster") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous Chalk Group of Sussex, England.^[1] It is only known from the type species, which is C. bernardi.^[2]

Discovery and naming

The holotype consists of a single posterior cervical vertebra which was discovered in the Chalk Group in Sussex, England. It was first named as Plesiosaurus bernardi by Owen (1850).^[3] However, Cope (1869) re-studied the holotype and decided that P. bernardi warranted its own genus, which he named Crymocetus.^[2]

After Cope (1869) was published, nearly all subsequent authors tended to disregard the name Crymocetus, with Lydekker (1889) synonymising Crymocetus with Cimoliasaurus.^[4]

In any case, Crymocetus is in need of restudy along with other plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous deposits of England.

Classification

Cope (1869)^[2] initially classified Crymocetus within Elasmosauridae, while Welles (1962)^[5] and Persson (1963)^[6] instead considered Crymocetus to be either a member of the Pliosauridae or Rhomaleosauridae. Crymocetus is today classified within Plesiosauria incertae sedis.

References

^ A. S. Romer. (1966). Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition 1-468.
^ ^a ^b ^c E. D. Cope. (1869). On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:251-266
^ Owen, R., (1850), Description of the Fossil Reptiles of the Chalk Formation.
^ Lydekker., R., (1889), Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia: London, Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, p. 307pp.
^ Welles, S. P., (1962), A new Species of Elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous Plesiosaurs: University of California Publications Bulletin Department of Geological Sciences, v. 44, p. 1-89.
^ Perrson, P. O., (1963), A revision of the classification of the Plesiosauria with a synopsis of the Stratigraphical and geographical distribution of the Group: Lunds Universitets Arksskrift. N. F. Avd. 2, band 59, n 1, p. 60.

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[1] A. S. Romer. (1966). Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition 1-468.

[:0-2] E. D. Cope. (1869). On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:251-266

[3] Owen, R., (1850), Description of the Fossil Reptiles of the Chalk Formation.

[4] Lydekker., R., (1889), Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia: London, Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, p. 307pp.

[5] Welles, S. P., (1962), A new Species of Elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous Plesiosaurs: University of California Publications Bulletin Department of Geological Sciences, v. 44, p. 1-89.

[6] Perrson, P. O., (1963), A revision of the classification of the Plesiosauria with a synopsis of the Stratigraphical and geographical distribution of the Group: Lunds Universitets Arksskrift. N. F. Avd. 2, band 59, n 1, p. 60.

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Crymocetus

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