After O'Keefe, 2001, Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012, and Knutsen, 2012
<==o †Pliosauridae Seeley, 1874 sensu O'Keefe, 2001 [incl. Brachauchneiidae Williston, 1925] |-- †Thalassiodragon hawkinsi (Owen, 1838) Storrs & Taylor, 1996 [Synonyms] `--+--o †Hauffiosaurus O'Keefe, 2001 | |-- †H. zanoni O'Keefe, 2001 | |-- †H. longirostris (Blake 1876) [Macroplata longirostris (Blake 1876) White, 1940] | `-- †H. tomistomimus Benson et al., 2011 `--+-- †Attenborosaurus conybeare (Sollas 1881) Bakker, 1993 [Plesiosaurus conybeare Sollas 1881] `--+--o †Kronosaurus Longman, 1924 | |?- †K. boyacensis Hampe, 1992 | `-- †K. queenslandicus Longman, 1924 `--+-- †Peloneustes philarchus (Seeley, 1869) Lydekker, 1889 `--+--o †Liopleurodon Sauvage, 1873 [Pliosaurus Owen, 1842] | |-- †L. ferox Sauvage, 1873 | `-- †L. pachydeirus (Seeley, 1869) `--+-- †Brachauchenius lucasi Williston 1903 `--o †Pliosaurus (Owen, 1841a) Owen, 1841b [Pleiosaurus Owen, 1841a; Spondylosaurus Fischer, 1845; Stretosaurus Tarlo, 1959b] sensu Knutsen, 2012 |-- †P. brachydeirus (Owen, 1841a) Owen, 1841b [Pleiosaurus brachydeirus Owen, 1841a; Pliosaurus brachydirus Lydekker, 1889a; Pliosaurus brachydirus Lydekker, 1889b] |-- †P. brachyspondylus(Owen, 1839) Eichwald, 1868 |-- †P. macromerus (Phillips, 1871) Lydekker, 1889a [Pliosaurus macromerus (Philips, 1871); Pliosaurus grandis Owen, 1869; Stretosaurus macromerus Tarlo, 1959b; Liopleurodon macromerus Halstead [Tarlo], 1989; Pliosaurus macromerus Hampe, 1992] `-- †P. funkei Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
Pliosauridae incertae sedis:
†Peloneustes irgisensis Novozhilov, 1948 [Pliosaurus irgisensis (Novozhilov, 1948) Tarlo, 1960; Strongylokrotaphus irgisensis (Novozhilov, 1948) Novozhilov, 1964]
†Plesiopleurodon wellesi Carpenter, 1996
†Pliosaurus andrewsi Tarlo [Halstead], 1960 [Peloneustes evansi Andrews, 1913]
†Pliosaurus portentificus Noč et al. 2004
†Pliosaurus rossicus Novozhilov, 1948 [Pliosaurus cf. grandis Owen, 1841b: Rozhdestvenskii, 1947; Liopleurodon rossicus (Novozhilov, 1948); Liopleurodon rossicus (Novozhilov, 1948) Halstead, 1971: Halstead, 1971; Liopleurodon rossicus (Novozhilov, 1948) Halstead, 1971: Storrs et al., 2000
†Polyptychodon Owen, 1841
†P. interruptus Owen, 1841 [incl. P. continuus?]
†P. hudsoni Welles & Slaughter, 1963
†Eurysaurus Gaudry, 1878 [nomen dubium]
†Ischyrodon von Meyer, 1838 [=? Liopleurodon]
†Luetkesaurus Kiprijanoff, 1883
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