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The 19 pages that link to Plesiosauria, each with the reason it gives.

• TheropodaCompared with: Plesiosaurs were aquatic reptiles, not theropod dinosaurs, despite appearing in the same fossil-era narratives.

• DiapsidBroader topic: Plesiosaurs are a distinct aquatic radiation within the broader diapsid story.

• IchthyosauriaCompared with: Plesiosaurs shared Mesozoic seas with ichthyosaurs but used a different body plan.

• PlesiosaurBroader topic: This is the formal order containing the animals commonly called plesiosaurs.

• SauropterygiaCompared with: Plesiosauria is one branch within Sauropterygia, not a synonym for the whole group.

• MosasauridaeCompared with: Plesiosaurs shared Cretaceous seas with mosasaurs but belonged to a separate lineage.

• CryptoclidusNarrower topic: Cryptoclidus belongs to this group, whose shared body plan frames its anatomy.

• ElasmosaurusNarrower topic: Elasmosaurus belongs to this clade, whose body plan frames its anatomy.

• Plesiosaur feedingNarrower topic: Plesiosaur feeding strategies varied across the group's many body forms and lineages.

• PlesiosaurusNarrower topic: Plesiosaurus is an early member of this broader group.

• LiopleurodonNarrower topic: This broader group contains both pliosaurs and their long-necked relatives.

• NothosaurusRelated: Plesiosaurs were later sauropterygians with a more fully adapted marine body plan.

• PliosauroideaNarrower topic: Pliosauroidea is one of the two major branches traditionally recognized within this broader group.

• KronosaurusNarrower topic: Pliosauridae, including Kronosaurus, is nested within this broader group.

• PlacodontiaCompared with: Plesiosaurs represent a later marine-reptile radiation with body plans unlike placodonts.

• PlesiosauroideaNarrower topic: Plesiosauroidea is one of the principal clades within this broader group.

• PleurosauridaeCompared with: Plesiosaurs shared aquatic habitats with pleurosaurids but used a different body plan.

• PolycotylidaeNarrower topic: Polycotylids are plesiosaurs, despite their unusually short necks.

• TeleosauridaeCompared with: Plesiosaurs shared Jurassic seas with teleosaurids but belonged to a separate reptile lineage.