†unranked clade Plesiosauria de Blainville 1835 (plesiosaur)
Synonym: Polyptychodon Owen 1841 [nomen vanum]
Parent taxon: Pistosauria according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2013
Sister taxa: Augustasaurus, Bobosaurus, Pistosauridae, Pistosaurus, Yunguisaurus
Subtaxa: Aptychodon, Bathyspondylus, Embaphias, Eoplesiosaurus, Eretmosaurus, Gymocetus, Hexatarsostinus, Hunosaurus, Iserosaurus, Muraenosauridae, Namuncurania, Neoplesiosauria, Nothosaurops, Orophosaurus, Plesiosauroidea, Pliosauridae, Pliosauroidea, Polyptychodon hudsoni, Polyptychodon interruptus, Rhomaleosauridae, Scarrisaurus, Stratesaurus, Sulmosaurus, Taphrosaurus, Tremamesacleididae, Uronautes