Talk:Cimoliasaurus

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Taxonomic validity

O'Keefe and Street (2009) re-assessed Cimoliasaurus magnus based on the original description by Leidy (1851) and concluded that it represents an elasmosaurid. Since Cimoliasaurus is different from cryptoceidoids, Cimoliasauridae was sunk as a junior synonym of Elasmosauridae.

F. Robin O'Keefe and Hallie P. Street (2009). "Osteology Of The Cryptoclidoid Plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, With Comments On The Taxonomic Status Of The Cimoliasauridae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (1): 48–57. 174.254.34.99 (talk) 20:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian[reply]