Cryonectes

Cryonectes is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurian known from the Early Jurassic of Normandy, northern France.

==Discovery== thumb|left|Holotype jaws Cryonectes is known only from the holotype MAE 2007.1.1(J), a partial skull and articulated mandible, and ten associated vertebrae. It was collected in the 1980s from the Calcaire à Bélemnites Formation of Normandy, dating to the latest Pliensbachian stage of the late Early Jurassic, about 185-183 million years ago. It was found in the Roche-Blain quarry, located in the commune of Fresney-le-Puceux near the city of Laize-la-Ville, south of Caen. In 2007, it was accessioned in the collection of the Musée de l’Agglomération d’Elbeuff at Elbeuf−sur−Seine.