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: Plioplatecarpinae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024
See also Fernández et al. 2008, Komishi and Caldwell 2009, Páramo 1994, Páramo-Fonseca 2000, Russell 1967 and Thurmond 1969
Sister taxa: Angolasaurus, Ectenosaurus, Platecarpus ptychodon, Platecarpus somenensis, Sarabosaurus, Selmasaurini, Yaguarasaurus
Subtaxa: Latoplatecarpus Platecarpus Plesioplatecarpus Plioplatecarpus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Canada (13: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (4), Syria (8), Türkiye (1), United States (48: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississipii, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 96 collections including 100 occurrences