Polar Oddities and Bathyal Ghouls: The Unspoken Diversity of the Cryptoclidids

The Cryptoclididae were a very widespread family of plesiosaurs, both temporally and geographically, stretching from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous and achieving a near global distribution. The most famous cryptoclidids were those found in the Oxford Clay of England, including Cryptoclidus itself. While many Cryptoclidids have received fairly extensive study, their actual ecology …