Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
Parent taxon: Hueneosauria according to B. C. Moon 2017
See also Appleby 1979, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Jiang et al. 2006, Jiang et al. 2007, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971, Liu et al. 2013, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Moon 2019, Sander 2000 and von Huene 1951
Sister taxa: Longipinnati, Merriamosauria, Merriamosauriformes
Subtaxa: Ancanamuninae Barracudasauroides Barracudasaurus Mixosaurinae Mixosaurus Phalarodon Phalarodontinae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), China (15), Germany (5), Italy (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (3), United States (6: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences