Mosasauroidea

Mosasaurus beaugei

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
unranked: Pythonomorpha
Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea
Familiae (2): †Aigialosauridae – †Mosasauridae

Subfamilia incertae sedis: †Tethysaurinae

Name

†Mosasauroidea Gervais, 1853

References

• Gervais, P. 1853: Observations relatives aux Reptiles fossiles de France (deuxième partie). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 36 (11): 470–474.
• Lee, M.S.Y. 1997: The phylogeny of varanoid lizards and the affinities of snakes. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London (B), 352: 53–91. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0005 JSTOR

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