Plesiosauridae
Extinct family of pleusiosaurs
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The Plesiosauridae are a monophyletic family of plesiosaurs named by John Edward Gray in 1825.[1][2]
| Plesiosaurids Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous? | |
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| Plesiosaurus skeleton | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Plesiosauridae Gray, 1825 |
| Genera | |
