Opinions from M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000

  • 'Aegirosaurus belongs to Thunnosauria'
  • 'Anhuisaurus is a subjective synonym of Chaohusaurus'
  • 'Besanosaurus belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Besanosaurus leptorhynchus belongs to Besanosaurus' according to Dal Sasso and Pinna 1996
  • 'Brachypterygius belongs to Ophthalmosauridae'
  • 'Californosaurus belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Callawayia belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Caypullisaurus belongs to Ophthalmosauridae'
  • 'Chacaicosaurus belongs to Stenopterygiidae'
  • 'Chaohusaurus belongs to Grippiidae'
  • 'Chaohusaurus geishanensis belongs to Chaohusaurus'
  • 'Chensaurus is a subjective synonym of Chaohusaurus'
  • 'Contectopalatus belongs to Mixosauridae'
  • 'Cymbospondylidae belongs to Longipinnati'
  • 'Cymbospondylus belongs to Cymbospondylidae'
  • 'Cymbospondylus buchseri belongs to Cymbospondylus'
  • 'Cymbospondylus petrinus belongs to Cymbospondylus'
  • 'Cymbospondylus piscosus belongs to Cymbospondylus' according to Leidy 1868
  • 'Cymbospondylus piscosus belongs to Cymbospondylus'
  • 'Delphinosaurus is a subjective synonym of Californosaurus'
  • 'Eurhinosauria is an objective synonym of Leptonectidae'
  • 'Eurhinosaurus belongs to Leptonectidae'
  • 'Eurypterygius is a subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Excalibosaurus is a subjective synonym of Eurhinosaurus'
  • 'Excalibosaurus costini is recombined as Eurhinosaurus costini'
  • 'Grendelius is a subjective synonym of Brachypterygius'
  • 'Grendelius mordax is recombined as Brachypterygius mordax'
  • 'Grippia belongs to Grippiidae'
  • 'Grippiidae belongs to Ichthyosauria'
  • 'Himalayasaurus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hudsonelpidia belongs to Parvipelvia'
  • 'Hudsonelpidia brevirostris belongs to Hudsonelpidia'
  • 'Hueneosauria belongs to Ichthyosauria'
  • 'Ichthyosauria belongs to Diapsida'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus belongs to Thunnosauria'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus acutirostris is recombined as Temnodontosaurus acutirostris' according to Maisch 1997
  • 'Ichthyosaurus acutirostris is recombined as Temnodontosaurus acutirostris'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus breviceps belongs to Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus communis belongs to Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus conybeari belongs to Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus cornalianus is recombined as Mixosaurus cornalianus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus extremus is recombined as Brachypterygius extremus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus hercynicus is recombined as Platypterygius hercynicus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus integer is recombined as Suevoleviathan integer'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus intermedius belongs to Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus is recombined as Aegirosaurus leptospondylus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus longirostris is recombined as Eurhinosaurus longirostris'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus nordenskioeldii is recombined as Phalarodon nordenskioeldii'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus platydactylus is recombined as Platypterygius platydactylus'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris is recombined as Leptonectes tenuirostris'
  • 'Ichthyosaurus trigonodon is recombined as Temnodontosaurus trigonodon' according to von Theodori 1843
  • 'Ichthyosaurus trigonodon is recombined as Temnodontosaurus trigonodon'
  • 'Khudiakovia is a subjective synonym of Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Leptocheirus is replaced by Toretocnemus'
  • 'Merriamia zitteli is a subjective synonym of Toretocnemus zitteli'
  • 'Leptonectes belongs to Leptonectidae'
  • 'Leptonectes moorei belongs to Leptonectes'
  • 'Leptonectes nuertingensis is recombined as Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis' according to Maisch and Hungerbuhler 1997
  • 'Leptonectes nuertingensis is recombined as Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis'
  • 'Leptonectes nuertingensis belongs to Leptonectes' according to von Huene 1931
  • 'Leptonectidae belongs to Neoichthyosauria'
  • 'Leptopterygius is a subjective synonym of Leptonectes'
  • 'Leptopterygius solei belongs to Leptopterygius' according to McGowan 1993
  • 'Leptopterygius solei is recombined as Leptonectes solei'
  • 'Longipinnati was reranked as a unranked clade and belongs to Hueneosauria'
  • 'Longirostria is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Macgowania belongs to Parvipelvia'
  • 'Macropterygius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Merriamia is a subjective synonym of Toretocnemus'
  • 'Merriamosauria belongs to Cymbospondylidae'
  • 'Mikadocephalus belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Mikadocephalus gracilirostris belongs to Mikadocephalus'
  • 'Mixosauridae belongs to Hueneosauria'
  • 'Mixosaurus belongs to Mixosauridae'
  • 'Mollesaurus is a subjective synonym of Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Mollesaurus periallus is recombined as Ophthalmosaurus periallus'
  • 'Myobradypterygius is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Myobradypterygius hauthali is recombined as Platypterygius hauthali'
  • 'Myopterygius is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Myopterygius americanus is recombined as Platypterygius americanus'
  • 'Nannopterygius belongs to Leptonectidae'
  • 'Neoichthyosauria belongs to Parvipelvia'
  • 'Ophthalmosauridae belongs to Thunnosauria'
  • 'Ophthalmosaurus icenicus belongs to Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Otschevia is a subjective synonym of Brachypterygius'
  • 'Otschevia pseudoscythica is recombined as Brachypterygius pseudoscythicus'
  • 'Pachygonosaurus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Pachygonosaurus robustus belongs to Pachygonosaurus' according to Maisch and Matzke 1997
  • 'Pachygonosaurus robustus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Paraophthalmosaurus is a subjective synonym of Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis is recombined as Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis'
  • 'Parvinatator belongs to Ichthyosauria'
  • 'Parvipelvia belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Pervushovisaurus is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Pessopteryx is a subjective synonym of Omphalosaurus'
  • 'Pessopteryx arctica is a subjective synonym of Pessopteryx nisseri' according to Mazin 1983
  • 'Pessopteryx minor is recombined as Isfjordosaurus minor'
  • 'Pessopteryx pinguis is a subjective synonym of Pessopteryx nisseri' according to Mazin 1983
  • 'Pessosaurus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phalarodon belongs to Mixosauridae'
  • 'Phalarodon major belongs to Phalarodon'
  • 'Phantomosaurus belongs to Cymbospondylidae'
  • 'Platypterygius belongs to Ophthalmosauridae'
  • 'Platypterygius bannovkensis belongs to Platypterygius' according to Arkhangelsky 1998
  • 'Platypterygius kiprijanoffi belongs to Platypterygius'
  • 'Plutoniosaurus is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Plutoniosaurus bedengensis is recombined as Platypterygius bedengensis'
  • 'Protoichthyosaurus is a subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus'
  • 'Qianichthyosaurus belongs to Toretocnemidae'
  • 'Rotundopteryx belongs to Hueneosauria'
  • 'Sangiorgiosaurus is a subjective synonym of Mixosaurus'
  • 'Sangiorgiosaurus kuhnschnyderi is recombined as Mixosaurus kuhnschnyderi'
  • 'Sauranodon natans is recombined as Ophthalmosaurus natans'
  • 'Shastasaurus belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Shastasaurus alexandrae belongs to Shastasaurus'
  • 'Shastasaurus neoscapularis is recombined as Callawayia neoscapularis'
  • 'Shastasaurus neubigi is recombined as Phantomosaurus neubigi'
  • 'Shastasaurus pacificus belongs to Shastasaurus'
  • 'Shonisaurus belongs to Merriamosauria'
  • 'Shonisaurus popularis belongs to Shonisaurus'
  • 'Simbirskiasaurus is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Simbirskiasaurus birjukovi is recombined as Platypterygius birjukovi'
  • 'Stenopterygiidae belongs to Thunnosauria'
  • 'Stenopterygius belongs to Thunnosauria'
  • 'Stenopterygius hauffianus belongs to Stenopterygius'
  • 'Stenopterygius longifrons belongs to Stenopterygius'
  • 'Stenopterygius megalorhinus belongs to Stenopterygius'
  • 'Stenopterygius quadriscissus belongs to Stenopterygius'
  • 'Suevoleviathan belongs to Neoichthyosauria'
  • 'Suevoleviathan disinteger belongs to Suevoleviathan'
  • 'Temnodontosaurus belongs to Neoichthyosauria'
  • 'Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus belongs to Temnodontosaurus'
  • 'Temnodontosaurus platyodon belongs to Temnodontosaurus'
  • 'Tenuirostria is a subjective synonym of Platypterygius'
  • 'Thaisaurus belongs to Ichthyosauria'
  • 'Thunnosauria belongs to Neoichthyosauria'
  • 'Tibetosaurus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Tibetosaurus tingjiensis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Toretocnemidae belongs to Longipinnati'
  • 'Toretocnemus belongs to Toretocnemidae'
  • 'Toretocnemus californicus belongs to Toretocnemus'
  • 'Toretocnemus zitteli belongs to Toretocnemus'
  • 'Undorosaurus is a subjective synonym of Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Undorosaurus gorodischensis belongs to Undorosaurus' according to efimov 1999
  • 'Undorosaurus gorodischensis is recombined as Ophthalmosaurus gorodischensis'
  • 'Utatsusaurus belongs to Ichthyosauria'
  • 'Utatsusaurus hataii belongs to Utatsusaurus'
  • 'Wimanius belongs to Hueneosauria'
  • 'Yasykovia is a subjective synonym of Ophthalmosaurus'
  • 'Yasykovia yasykovi is recombined as Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi'