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.