Colymbosaurus
| Colymbosaurus Temporal range: Callovian-Tithonian, ~ | |
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| Sacral vertebra (left) and humerus (right) of Colymbosaurus sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
| Subfamily: | †Cryptoclidinae |
| Genus: | †Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| †Colymbosaurus megadeirus | |
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Colymbosaurus is a genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic (Callovian-Tithonian) of the UK and Svalbard, Norway. There are two currently recognized species, C. megadeirus and C. svalbardensis.
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