Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to M. K. AbdelGawad et al. 2021
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Russell 1967, Schulp et al. 2006, Schulp et al. 2009, Schulp et al. 2004, Schulp et al. 2008 and Thurmond 1969
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Carinodens Globidens Prognathodon
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (2), Argentina (2), Belgium (6), Brazil (2), Canada (4: Alberta), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (3), France (6), Germany (2), Israel (1), Italy (1), Jordan (2), Morocco (9), the Netherlands (7), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (5), Sweden (6), Syria (7), Ukraine (2), United States (29: Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 109 collections including 138 occurrences