Higher taxa
Families
Genera
The genera section is under construction, active pages are indicated by an asterisk
- Alexeyisaurus
- Alzadosaurus
- Aphrosaurus
- *'Apractocleidus'
- *Archaeonectrus
- *Aristonectes
- *Attenborosaurus
- Augustasaurus
- Bathyspondylus
- Bishanopliosaurus
- *Bobosaurus
- Borealonectes
- Brachauchenius
- *Brancasaurus
- Callawayasaurus
- 'Cimoliasaurus'
- Claudiosaurus
- Colymbosaurus
- *Cryptoclidus
- Cymatosaurus
- Dactylosaurus
- Dolichorhynchops
- *Edgarosaurus
- *Elasmosaurus
- Eopolycotylus
- *Eretmosaurus
- Eromangasaurus
- Eurycleidus
- Fresnosaurus
- Futabasaurus = 'Futabasuzukiryu'
- Gallardosaurus
- Georgiasaurus
- *Hauffiosaurus
- Hydralmosaurus
- Hydrorion
- Hydrotherosaurus
- *Kaiwhekea
- Kimmerosaurus
- *Kronosaurus
- *Leptocleidus
- Leurospondylus
- *Libonectes
- *Liopleurodon
- *Lusonectes
- *Macroplata
- *Manemergus
- *Maresaurus
- *Marmornectes
- Mauisaurus
- Megalneusaurus
- *Meyerasaurus
- Microcleidus
- Morenosaurus
- *'Morturneria'
- Muraenosaurus
- Nichollssaura
- *Occitanosaurus
- *'Ogmodirus'
- Opallionectes
- *Pachycostasaurus
- Pahasapasaurus
- Palmulasaurus
- Pantosaurus
- Peloneustes
- Pistosaurus
- Plesiopleurodon
- Plesiopterys
- *Plesiosaurus
- Pliosaurus
- Polycotylus
- Polyptychodon
- *Rhomaleosaurus
- Seeleyosaurus
- Scanisaurus
- *Simolestes
- Sthenarosaurus
- 'Stretosaurus'
- Strongylokrotaphus
- Styxosaurus
- Sulcusuchus
- Tatenectes
- Terminonatator
- *Thalassiodracon
- *Thalassomedon
- 'Thaumatosaurus'
- *Thililua
- Trememesacleis'
- *Tricleidus
- Trinacromerum
- Tuarangisaurus
- Umoonasaurus
- Vinialesaurus
- Wapuskanectes
- Westphaliasaurus
- Woolungasaurus
- Yuzhoupliosaurus
- Zarafasaura
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The skeletons in the site header are (from left to right): Kronosaurus (in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge), Thalassomedon (in the American Museum of Natural History, New York), Cryptoclidus (In the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow), Rhomaleosaurus (in the Natural History Museum, London), Dolichorhynchops (in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and Thalassiodracon (in the Natural History Museum, London).
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