Reptilia - Squamata - Necrosauridae
Parent taxon: Anguimorpha according to K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1996
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1996, Kuhn 1966, Nessov 1988, Peng et al. 2001 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxa: Anguiformes, Barlochersaurus, Carusioidea, Chometokadmon, Entomophontes, Hodzhakuliidae, Merkurosaurus, Monstersauria, Palaeovaranidae, Paravaranidae, Restes, Varaniformes, Xenosauridae
Subtaxa: Labrodioctes Melanosaurinae Necrosaurinae Necrosaurus Proplatynotia Provaranosaurus
Type: Necrosaurus
Ecology: carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (9)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (31), Germany (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of France (1), United States (4: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Mongolia (1), United States (2: Montana, Texas)
Total: 68 collections including 79 occurrences