†tribe Plotosaurini Russell 1967 (mosasaur)
Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to O. Mateus et al. 2012
See also Fernández et al. 2008 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Bentiabasaurus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Trapalcó, locality C (Cretaceous of Argentina)