Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonyms: Clidastidae Cope 1869, Edestosauridae Marsh 1876, Globidensidae Dollo 1924, Globidentidae Dollo 1924
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France. 1–3:1-274+
Parent taxon: Squamata according to A. R. Zietlow et al. 2023
See also AbdelGawad et al. 2021, Agnolín et al. 2023, Antunes 1964, Bardet et al. 2004, Bardet et al. 2005, Baur 1890, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Bell et al. 2013, Buchy et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015, Cuthbertson et al. 2007, Fernández and Talevi 2015, Frey et al. 2016, Garzon et al. 2024, González Ruiz et al. 2019, Grigoriev and Grabovskiy 2020, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hornung et al. 2018, Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Kiernan and Ebersole 2023, Komishi and Caldwell 2009, Konishi et al. 2011, Konishi et al. 2010, Konishi and Caldwell 2011, Konishi et al. 2012, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Lindgren and Siverson 2002, Lingham-Soliar 1995, Lively 2018, Lively 2020, Martin and Crame 2006, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Miller 1967, Nicholls and Meckert 2002, Novas et al. 2019, Osborn 1899, Osborn 1899, Otero 2021, Otero et al. 2012, Otero et al. 2017, O’Gorman et al. 2023, Páramo-Fonseca 2000, Plasse et al. 2024, Polcyn and Everhart 2008, Polcyn et al. 2012, Reeder et al. 2015, Rivera-Sylva et al. 2024, Russell 1964, Russell 1967, Schulp et al. 2009, Schulp et al. 2004, Schulp et al. 2008, Seiffert 1975, Shaker et al. 2023, Strong et al. 2020, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welles and Gregg 1971, Wiffen 1980, Wiffen 1990, Wright and Shannon 1988 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Ameivoidea, Amphisbaenia, Anguimorpha, Anhuisaurus, Anomalopsis, Anqingosaurus, Araeoscelomorphi, Ardeosaurus, Asagaolacerta, Bavarisaurus, Changjiangosaurus, Cryptovaranoides, Cuencasaurus, Dibamidae, Draconoidea, Eichstaettisaurus, Episquamata, Gekkonomorpha, Hakuseps, Haplodontosaurus, Harpagosaurus excedens, Hongshanxi, Hoyalacerta, Huehuecuetzpalli, Iguana haueri, Iguanomorpha, Jucaraseps, Kuroyuriella, Lacertibaenia, Lacertilia, Liushusaurus, Macrocnemidae, Megachirella, Moqisaurus, Mosasauroidea, Oculudentavis, Olindalacerta, Ophidia, Oxiella, Paikasisaurus, Palaeophidae, Paleochelco, Pangekkota, Panscincoidea, Panxantusiidae, Panxenosaurus, Paraplacosauriops, Parasaurillus, Parviraptor, Pseudosaurillus, Pythonomorpha, Sauripes, Scandensia, Scincogekkonomorpha, Scincoidea, Scincomorpha, Scleroglossa, Tedorosaurus, Thalattosauromorphi, Trachelosauridae, Vialorophis, Xestops gracilis, Yabeinosaurus, Yabeinosaurus youngi, Zanclodontidae
Subtaxa: Amphorosteus Amphorosteus brumbyi Clidastes iguanavus Compressidens Globidentinae Haasiasaurus Halisaurinae Halisauromorpha Liodon congrops Mosasaurinae Mosasaurus crassidens Mosasaurus mitchillii Mosasaurus platyodon Platecarpinae Prognathosaurus Russellosaurina Tylosaurinae Tylosaurus capensis Yaguarasaurinae
Type: Mosasaurus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore