†subfamily Platecarpinae Williston 1897 (mosasaur)
Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Parent taxon: Mosasauridae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Chaffee 1939, Hay 1902 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Amphorosteus, Amphorosteus brumbyi, Clidastes iguanavus, Compressidens, Globidentinae, Haasiasaurus, Halisaurinae, Halisauromorpha, Liodon congrops, Mosasaurinae, Mosasaurus crassidens, Mosasaurus mitchillii, Mosasaurus platyodon, Prognathosaurus, Russellosaurina, Tylosaurinae, Tylosaurus capensis, Yaguarasaurinae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Platecarpus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platecarpinae in the database