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. 2017 Sep 15;5:e3782. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3782

Table 1. Recommended phylogenetic definitions applied to mosasauroid taxon names.

Clade name Internal specifier(s) External specifier(s) Type of phylogenetic definition Authorship
Mosasauroidea Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Dolichosaurus longicollis, Adriosaurus suessi, Pontosaurus lesinensis Branch-based New
Aigialosauridae Aigialosaurus dalmaticus, Opetiosaurus bucchichi Dolichosaurus longicollis, Adriosaurus suessi, Pontosaurus lesinensis, Mosasauridae = (Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Halisaurus platyspondylus, Tylosaurus proriger) Branch-based New
Mosasauridae Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Halisaurus platyspondylus, Tylosaurus proriger Node-based Madzia & Conrad (in press)
Halisaurinae Halisaurus platyspondylus Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Tylosaurus proriger, Tethysaurus nopcsai, Yaguarasaurus columbianus Branch-based New
Natantia Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Tylosaurus proriger, Plioplatecarpus marshii Halisaurus platyspondylus Branch-based Conrad (2008)
Mosasaurinae Mosasaurus hoffmannii Tylosaurus proriger, Plioplatecarpus marshii, Halisaurus platyspondylus, Tethysaurus nopcsai, Yaguarasaurus columbianus Branch-based New
Mosasaurini Mosasaurus hoffmannii Globidens alabamaensis Branch-based New
Globidensini Globidens alabamaensis Mosasaurus hoffmannii Branch-based New
Russellosaurina Russellosaurus coheni, Tylosaurus proriger, Plioplatecarpus marshii Mosasaurus hoffmannii Node-based New
Tethysaurinae Tethysaurus nopcsai, Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus Halisaurus platyspondylus, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Tylosaurus proriger, Plioplatecarpus marshii, Yaguarasaurus columbianus Node-based New
Yaguarasaurinae Yaguarasaurus columbianus, Russellosaurus coheni, Romeosaurus fumanensis Tethysaurus nopcsai, Halisaurus platyspondylus, Tylosaurus proriger, Plioplatecarpus marshii, Mosasaurus hoffmannii Node-based New
Plioplatecarpinae Plioplatecarpus marshii Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Tylosaurus proriger, Tethysaurus nopcsai, Yaguarasaurus columbianus Branch-based New
Tylosaurinae Tylosaurus proriger Plioplatecarpus marshii, Mosasaurus hoffmannii Branch-based Conrad (2008)