Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative spellings: Plioplatecarinae, Plioplatecarpidae
Parent taxon: Russellosaurina according to C. R. Kiernan and J. A. Ebersole 2023
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Bell et al. 2013, Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015, Cuthbertson et al. 2007, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fernández et al. 2008, Holmes 1996, Hornung et al. 2018, Konishi et al. 2010, Konishi and Caldwell 2011, Konishi et al. 2012, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lingham-Soliar 1996, Martin and Crame 2006, Páramo 1994, Páramo-Fonseca 2000, Plasse et al. 2024, Polcyn and Bell 2005, Polcyn and Everhart 2008, Rivera-Sylva et al. 2024, Russell 1967, Russell 1970, Strong et al. 2020, Thurmond 1969, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welles and Gregg 1971, Wiffen 1990, Wright and Shannon 1988 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Angolosaurus, Platecarpus ptychodus
Subtaxa: Angolasaurus Ectenosaurus Platecarpus ptychodon Platecarpus somenensis Plioplatecarpini Sarabosaurus Selmasaurini Yaguarasaurus