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Halisaurinae
Taxonomy
Halisaurinae was named by Bardet et al. (2005). It was considered monophyletic by Bardet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by Bardet et al. (2005), Fernández and Talevi (2015), Konishi et al. (2016), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Shaker et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by Bardet et al. (2005), Fernández and Talevi (2015), Konishi et al. (2016), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Shaker et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Halisaurinae Bardet et al. p. 449 |
| 2015 | Halisaurinae Fernández and Talevi p. 485 |
| 2016 | Halisaurinae Konishi et al. p. 811 |
| 2019 | Halisaurinae Driscoll et al. |
| 2023 | Halisaurinae Shaker et al. p. 4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Halisaurinae Bardet et al. 2005
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Unr. †Halisaurini Longrich et al. 2021
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G. †Eonatator Bardet et al. 2005
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†Eonatator coellensis Páramo-Fonseca 2013
†Eonatator sternbergii Wiman 1920
G. †Halisaurus Marsh 1869
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†Halisaurus arambourgi Bardet et al. 2005
†Halisaurus hebae Shaker et al. 2023
†Halisaurus onchognathus Merriam 1894
†Halisaurus platyspondylus Marsh 1869
Invalid names: Baptosaurus Marsh 1870 [nomen dubium]
G. †Phosphorosaurus Dollo 1889
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†Phosphorosaurus ortliebi Dollo 1889
†Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans Konishi et al. 2016
Unr. †Pluridensini Longrich et al. 2021
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G. †Pluridens Lingham-Soliar 1998
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†Pluridens calabaria Longrich 2016
†Pluridens serpentis Longrich et al. 2021
†Pluridens walkeri Lingham-Soliar 1998
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| N. Bardet et al. 2005 | Unambiguous characters: premaxilla–maxilla sutural contact vertical anteriorly, oblique at midpoint and horizontal posteriorly; contact plane between the parietal and the supratemporal oblique; preaxial ridge extending on two-thirds of the length of the radius; tibia and fibula long and slender with slightly expanded extremities. Ambiguous characters: dorsal median ridge borne on the anterior two-thirds of the frontal; frontal with ventral boss; parietal foramen surrounded by a ventral boss; quadrate with large infrastapedial process; coalescent infra- and suprastapedial processes of quadrate; zygosphene–zygantrum complex absent; synapophyses of the cervical vertebrae extending ventrally to the ventral surface of the centrum; fused haemal spines. |