†family Polycotylidae Williston 1908 (plesiosaur)
Invalid subtaxa: Cimoliasaurus leucoscopelus Etheridge, Jr. 1897 [nomen dubium], Dolichorhynchopidae Welles 1962
Parent taxon: Leptocleidia according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2013
Sister taxon: Leptocleididae
Subtaxa: Ceraunosaurus, Dolichorhynchops, Edgarosaurus, Eopolycotylus, Georgiasaurus, Manemergus, Pahasapasaurus, Palmulainae, Palmulasaurinae, Palmulasaurus, Piratosaurus, Plesiopleurodon, Polycotyilnae, Polycotylinae, Sulcusuchus, Thililua, Trinacromerum
Ecology: aquatic carnivore