Cimoliasauridae

Taxobox
name = Cimoliasauridae
fossil_range = Jurassic-Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Plesiosauria
subordo = Plesiosauroidea
familia = Cimoliasauridae
familia_authority = Persson, 1960
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Aristonectes"
"Cimoliasaurus"
"Scanisaurus"
"Kimmerosaurus"
The Cimoliasauridae are a poorly known family of plesiosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. They were characterised by a relatively larger head and shorter neck than the Plesiosauridae and Elasmosauridae. Teeth resemble those of the Plesiosauridae. The group is known only from scanty and fragmentary remains.

References

* Persson, Per Ove 1960. Lower Cretaceous plesiosaurians (Rept.) from Australia. "Lunds Unveristets Arsskrift" 56 (12): 12-23.