After Bell, 1997, Creisler [& Poling], 2000 and Christiansen & Bonde, 2002
<==o †Mosasaurinae (Gervais, 1853) Williston, 1897 |?- †Amphekepubis johnsoni Mehl, 1930 |?- †Moanasaurus mangahouangae Wiffen, 1980 [Rikisaurus tehoensis Wiffen, 1990, “Mosasaurus” flemingi, “Mosasaurus” mangahouangae, Rikkisaurus (lapsus calami)] |?-o †Leiodontini Lingham-Soliar, 1995 | |-- †Kourisodon puntledgensis Nicholls & Meckert, 2002 | `--o †Liodon Agassiz, 1846 [Leiodon Owen, 1841] | |?- †?L. hobetsuensis [“Mosasaurus” hobetsuensis?] | |-- †L. anceps (Owen, 1940) | |-- †L. mosasauroides Gaudry, 1892 | `-- †L. sectorius Cope, 1971 |-- †Dallasaurus turneri Polcyn & Bell, 2005 `--+?- †Clidastes iguanavus Cope, 1868 [nomen dubium, type of Clidastes] |-- †Clidastes liodontus Merriam, 1894 `--+-- †Clidastes moorevillensis Bell, under discription [nomen nudum] |-- †Clidastes sp. `--+-- †Clidastes prophyton Cope, 1869 [neotype of Clidastes] `--+--o †Globidensini Bell, 1997 | |?- †Carinodens belgicus (Woodward, 1891) [“Bottosaurus” belgicus Woodward, 1891, Compressidens Dollo, 1924 [preoccupied], “Globidens” fraasi Dollo, 1913] | |--o †Globidens Gilmore, 1912 | | |-- †G. alabamaensis Gilmore, 1912 | | |-- †G. dakotensis Russell, 1975 | | `-- †G. phosphaticus Bardet, Pereda Suberbiola, Iarochène, Amalik & Bouya, 2005 | |?- †Dollosaurus lutugini Yakovlev, 1901 | `--+-- †Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Camp, 1942 | `--o †Prognathodon Dollo, 1889 sensu Christiansen & Bonde, 2002 [Prognathosaurus Dollo, 1889, Brachysaurus Williston, 1897] | |?- †P. stadtmani Kass, 1999 | |?- †P. waiparaensis Gregg & Welles, 1971 | |-- †P. rapax (Hay, 1902 | `--+-- †P. overtoni (Williston, 1897) [Brachysaurus overtoni Williston, 1897] | |?- †P. giganteus Dollo, 1904 | `--+-- †P. solvayi (Dollo, 1889) [Prognathosaurus solvayi Dollo, 1889] | `-- †P. currii Christiansen & Bonde, 2002 `--o †Plotosaurini sensu Bell, 1997 [Mosasaurus Conybeare in Parkinson, 1822 sensu lato [Pterycollosaurus Dollo, 1882, Batrachiosaurus Harlan, 1865]] |?- †“Mosasaurus” beaugei |?- †“Mosasaurus” dekayi Bronn, 1838 |?- †“Mosasaurus” iembeensis |?- †“Mosasaurus” lemonnieri Dollo, 1889 |?- †“Mosasaurus” mokoroa Gregg & Welles, 1971 |-- †“Mosasaurus” conodon (Cope, 1881) [Clidastes conodon Cope, 1881] `--+-- †“Mosasaurus” missouriensis (Harlan, 1834) [Ichthyosaurus missouriensis Harlan, 1834, Batrachiosaurus Harlan, 1865, †“Mosasaurus” maximiliani Goldfuss, 1845, Pterycollosaurus Dollo, 1882] `--+--+-- †“Mosasaurus” sp. | `-- †Mosasaurus hoffmanni Mantell, 1829 [type of Mosasaurus] [incl. M. maximus Cope, 1869; Mulder, 1999] `--o †Plotosaurus Camp, 1951 [Kolposaurus Camp, 1942] |-- †P. bennisoni (Camp, 1942) [Kolposaurus bennisoni Camp, 1942] `-- †P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942) [Kolposaurus tuckeri Camp, 1942]
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