Opinions from T. Konishi et al. 2010

  • 'Platecarpus intermedius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Holcodus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus'
  • 'Holcodus acutidens is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Holcodus coryphaeus is recombined as Lestosaurus coryphaeus' according to Marsh 1872
  • 'Holcodus coryphaeus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Platecarpus tectulus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Holosaurus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus'
  • 'Holosaurus abruptus belongs to Holosaurus' according to Marsh 1880
  • 'Lestosaurus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus'
  • 'Lestosaurus felix is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Lestosaurus gracilis is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Lestosaurus latifrons belongs to Lestosaurus' according to Marsh 1872
  • 'Lestosaurus latifrons is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Lestosaurus simus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Platecarpus crassartus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Liodon curtirostris is recombined as Lestosaurus curtirostris' according to Marsh 1872
  • 'Liodon curtirostris is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Platecarpus glandiferus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Liodon ictericus is recombined as Lestosaurus ictericus' according to Marsh 1872
  • 'Liodon ictericus is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Liodon mudgei is a subjective synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus'
  • 'Mosasauridae belongs to Squamata'
  • 'Platecarpus belongs to Plioplatecarpidae'
  • 'Platecarpus affinis belongs to Platecarpus' according to Leidy 1873
  • 'Platecarpus affinis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus anguliferus belongs to Platecarpus' according to Cope 1874
  • 'Platecarpus anguliferus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus brachycephalus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus brachycephalus belongs to Platecarpus' according to Loomis 1915
  • 'Platecarpus latispinus belongs to Platecarpus' according to Cope 1871
  • 'Platecarpus latispinus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus ptychodus belongs to Platecarpus' according to Arambourg 1952
  • 'Platecarpus ptychodus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus somenensis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platecarpus tympaniticus belongs to Platecarpus'
  • 'Plioplatecarpidae was reranked as the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae and belongs to Russellosaurina'
  • 'Russellosaurinae was reranked as the unranked clade Russellosaurina and belongs to Mosasauridae'