After Bell, 1997, and Creisler [& Poling], 2000
<==o †“Russelosaurinae” [Tylosaurinae & Plioplatecarpinae] |?- †Russellosaurus |--o †“Tylosaurini” (Williston, 1897) sensu Bell, 1997 | |?- †Lakumasaurus antarcticus Novas et al., 2002 | `--o †Tylosaurus Marsh, 1872 sensu lato [taxonomic history] | |-- †“Tylosaurus” kansasensis Everhart, 2005 [was “Tylosaurus n. sp. under description” (Bell, 1997)] | |-- †“Tylosaurus” ivoensis (Persson, 1963) U. Cret. NEu. [†Mosasaurus ivoensis Persson, 1963] | `--+-- †“Tylosaurus” nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874) | `--+-- †Tylosaurus proriger (Cope, 1869); Marsh, 1872 [taxonomic history] | `--+?- †Taniwhasaurus oweni Hector, 1874 [taxonomic history] | `--o †Hainosaurus Dollo, 1885 | |-- †H. bernardi Dollo, 1885 | `-- †H. pembinensis Nicholls, 1988 `--o †Plioplatecarpini (Dollo, 1884) sensu Bell, 1997 |?- †Angolosaurus bocagei Telles-Antunes, 1964 [“Platecarpus" bocagei (Telles-Antunes, 1964)] |?- †Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus (Zdansky, 1935) [Globidens aegyptiacus Zdansky, 1935] |?- †Selmasaurus russelli Wright & Shannon, 1988 |?- †Yaguarasaurus colombianus Paramo, 1994 |--o †Ectenosaurus Russell, 1967 | |-- †E. clidastoides (Merriam, 1894) | `-- †E. sp. `--o †Platecarpus Cope, 1869 sensu lato |-- †“Platecarpus” planifrons (Cope, 1874) [Clidastes planifrons Cope, 1874] |?- †“Platecarpus” coryphaenus (Cope, 1872) [Holcodus coryphaenus Cope, 1872] |?- †“Platecarpus” ictericus (Cope, 1872) [Holcodus ictericus Cope, 1872] `--+-- †Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869 [type of Platecarpus] `--o †Plioplatecarpus Dollo, 1882 [Oterognathus Dollo, 1889] |?- †“Mosasaurus” scanicus |?- †“Platecarpus” somenensis |?- †P. crassartus |?- †P. depressus [Baptosaurus fraternus Cope, 1869-70] |-- †P. sp. [UNO 861-2] [Holmes, 1996] [Late Cretaceous, Bearpaw Formation, North America] `--+-- †P. primaevus Russell, 1967 `--+-- †P. houzeaui (Dollo, 1889) [Oterognathus houzeaui Dollo, 1889] `-- †P. marshii Dollo, 1882
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