Genus: Cryonectes VINCENT, BARDET & MATTIOLI, 2013
Etymology: Greek, kryos, "cold" and Greek, nektris, "swimmer"; in reference to the cool climated conditions that prevailed during the latest Pliensbachian.

Species: neustriacus VINCENT, BARDET & MATTIOLI, 2013
Etymology: Derived from the Frank Kingdom of Neustrie that covered northwest France, created after the death of Clovis in AD 511.
= Cryonectes neustriacus VICENT, BARDET & MATTIOLI, 2012 (nomen nudum)

Holotype: MAE 2007.1.1

Locality: Roche-Blain quarry, Fresney-le-Puceux, near laize-la-Ville, south of Caen, Calvados Department, Normandy, Northern France.

Horizon: "Calcaire a Belemnites" Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Pliensbachian-Toarcian Stage, Upper Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: An incomplete skull and articulated mandible, and 10 associated vertebrae.