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
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Canada (11: 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), United States (47: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississipii, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 91 collections including 95 occurrences