Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochene, B. Bouya, and M. Amaghaz. 2005. A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143:447-472
Parent taxon: Mosasauridae according to M. S. Fernández and M. Talevi 2015
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Driscoll et al. 2019, Konishi et al. 2016 and Shaker et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Amphorosteus, Amphorosteus brumbyi, Clidastes iguanavus, Compressidens, Globidentinae, Haasiasaurus, Halisauromorpha, Liodon congrops, Mosasaurinae, Mosasaurus crassidens, Mosasaurus mitchillii, Mosasaurus platyodon, Platecarpinae, Prognathosaurus, Russellosaurina, Tylosaurinae, Tylosaurus capensis, Yaguarasaurinae
Subtaxa: Halisaurini Pluridensini
Ecology: aquatic carnivore