After O'Keefe, 2001
<==o †Cryptoclididae Williston, 1925 sensu O'Keefe, 2001 [incl. Mureanosauridae] |?- †“Shag Point plesiosaur” [U. Cret. NZ.] |?-o †Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874 [is a Mureanosaurid?] | |?- †C. brachistospondylus (Hulke, 1870) | |?- †C. carinatus (Cuvier, 1824) | |?- †C. dutertrei (Sauvage, 1879a) | |?- †C. sclerodirus Bogoliubov, 1912 | |?- †C. svalbardensis (Persson, 1962) Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012 [Tricleidus svalbardensis Persson, 1962] | `-- †C. trochanterius (Owen 1840) [Pliosaurus portlandicus] |--o †Cryptocleidus Seeley, 1892 [Apractocleidus Smellie, 1915; Cryptocleidus oxoniensis (Phillips, 1871) Seeley, 1892; nomen dubium] | |?- †C. aldingeri (Huene, 1935) | |?- †C. beaugrandi Sauvage, 1912 | |?- †C. vignalensis Iturralde-Vinent & Norell, 1996a | |?-o †C. cuervoi | | `-- †C. cuervoi questadi | |?- †C .oxoniensis | |?- †C. simbirskensis (Bogoliubov, 1909) | |-- †C. eurymerus (Phillips, 1871) Seeley, 1892 | `-- †C. richardsoni (Lydekker, 1871) Seeley, 1892 |--o †Muraenosaurus Seeley, 1847 [Picrocleidus Andrews, 1909; Tremamesacleis White, 1940] [is an advanced Cryptoclidid?] | |-- †M. leedsi Seeley, 1874 | `-- †M. beloclis Seeley, 1892 [Picrocleidus beloclis (Seeley 1892) Andrews, 1909] `-- †Vinialesaurus caroli (De La Torres & Rojas, 1949) Gasparini, Bardet & Iturralde-Vinent, 2002 [Cryptocleidus? (sic) cuervoi caroli De La Torres & Rojas, 1949; Muraenosaurus leedsi Seeley; Welles, 1962; Cryptocleidus caroli De La Torres & Rojas, 1949; Iturralde-Vinent & Norell, 1996] L.Jur. Antill.
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