After Caldwell, 1999, Bell, 1994
<==o Pythonomorpha Cope, 1869 sensu Caldwell, 1999 (käärmeet & meriliskot; snakes & mosasaurids) [traditionally placed here, for most recent view, see Squamata] |?- †Carentonosaurus mineaui Rage & Néraudeau, 2004; U.Cret. WEu. |?-o †Coniasaurus Owen, 1850 | |-- †C. crassidens Owen, 1850 | `-- †C. gracilodens Galdwell, 1999 |?- †Mesoleptos zendrini Cornelia & Chiozza, 1852 `--+-- Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 [Ophidia sensu Lee & Caldwell, 2000] (käärmeet) `--o ††Mosasauroidea Camp, 1923 sensu Bell, 1994 and Caldwell, 2000 (meriliskot) |--o †Dolichosauridae Gervais, 1852 (“pienmeriliskot”) | |?- †Eidolosaurus trauthi Nopcsa, 1923 | `--+-- †Pontosaurus lesinensis Kornhuber, 1873 [Hydrosaurus] | `--+-- †Dolichosaurus longicollis Owen, 1850 | `--o †Acteosaurus von Meyer, 1860 [Adriosaurus] | |-- †A. tommasinii von Meyer, 1860 | `-- †A. crassicostatus Calligaris, 1993 `--+-- †Mosasauridae (“suurmeriliskot”) `--o †Aigialosauridae Kramberger, 1892 (“vanhameriliskot”) |--o †Aigialosaurus Kramberger, 1892 | |-- †A. dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892 | `-- †A. bucchichi (Kornhuber, 1901) [Opetiosaurus bucchichi Kornhuber, 1901; Aigialosaurus novaki Kramberger, 1892] |-- †Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber, 1893 |?- †Proaigialosaurus huenei Kuhn, 1958 [nomen dubium, specimen lost] |-- †Aigialosauridae genera et species indet. [Trieste specimen] |-- †Aigialosauridae genera et species indet. [Dallas specimen] `-- †Aigialosauridae genera et species indet. [Yale specimen]
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