After Bell, 1997, Lindgren & Siverson, 2005, and Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005
<==o †Mosasauridae Gervais, 1853 (Large Sea Lizards; “suurmeriliskot”)
|?- †Goronyosaurus nigeriensis Azzaroli, de Guili, Ficcarelli & Torre, 1972
|?- †Haasiasaurus gittelmani Polcyn, Tchernov & Jacobs, 2003 [Haasia Polcyn, Tchernov & Jacobs, 1999; non Haasia Bollman, 1893 (Myriapoda) nor Haasia Yuan, 1988 (Trilobita)]
|--o †Halisaurinae Bardet & Pereda Suberbiola in Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005
| |--o †Eonatator Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005
| | |-- †E. sp. cf. H. sternbergi (Bell, 1997) [Halisaurus sp. cf. H. sternbergi (Bell, 1997)]
| | `-- †E. sternbergi (Wiman, 1920) Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005 [Clidastes sternbergi Wiman, 1920; †Halisaurus sternbergi (Wiman) Bell, 1997; †Halisaurus sternbergi (Wiman) Lindgren & Siverson, 2005]
| `--o †Halisaurus Marsh, 1869 sensu Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005
| |?- †Phosphorosaurus ortliebi Dollo, 1889 [taxonomic history]
| `--o †Halisaurus Marsh, 1869 [taxonomic history]
| |?- †H. onchognathus (Merriam, 1894) [taxonomic history]
| |?- †H. walkeri (Lingham-Solier, 1998) [taxonomic history]
| |-- †H. arambourgi Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Bouya & Amaghzaz, 2005
| `-- †H. platyspondylus Marsh, 1869
`--o †Natantia Owen, 1849-1884
|-- †Mosasaurinae (Gervais, 1853) Williston, 1897
`-- †Russelosaurina Polcyn & Bell, 2005 [Tylosaurinae & Plioplatecarpinae]
Alternative phylogeny after Polcyn & Bell, 2005, and Cuthbertson, Mallon, Campione & Holmes, 2007
<==o †Mosasauridae
|?- †Goronyosaurus
|-- †Mosasaurinae
`--+-- †Haasiasaurus
`--+--+-- Trieste Aigialosaurid
| `--o †Halisaurinae
| |-- †Eonatator
| `--o †Halisaurus
| |?- †Phosphorosaurus
| `-- †Halisaurus s.s.
`--o †Russelosaurina
|-- †“Russellosaurinae”
`--+-- †Tylosaurinae
`-- †Plioplatecarpinae
|
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