†family Guanlingsauridae Yin et al. 2000 (ichthyosaur)
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Guanlingsauridae
Parent taxon: Merriamosauria according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also McGowan and Motani 2003
Sister taxa: Besanosauridae, Californosauridae, Euichthyosauria, Merriamosauridae, Shastasauria, Shastasauridae, Shonisauridae, Thalattoarchon
Subtaxa: Mikadocephalus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), Switzerland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence