After Yates & Warren, 2000
<==o †Plagiosauroidea |-- †Laidleria [Laidleridae] `--o †Plagiosauridae Abel, 1919 |-- †Gerrothorax pulcherrimus U. Trias. Eu. |?- †Melanopelta |-- †Plagiobatrachus |--o †Plagioscutum Shishkin, 1986, M. Trias CAs. | |-- †P. ochevi Shishkin, 1986 | `-- †P. caspiense Shishkin, 1986 |-- †Plagiosuchus |--o †Plagiosaurinae | `-- †Plagiosaurus depressus `--o †Plagiosterninae `--o †Plagiosternum Fraas, 1896 |-- †P. paraboliceps (Konzhukova, 1955) [Plagiorophus paraboliceps?] `-- †P. danilovi Shishkin, 1986
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