Clade Sauria Gauthier 1984 (crown diapsid)
Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to P. Senter 2004
See also deBraga and Rieppel 1997, Gauthier et al. 1989, Gauthier et al. 1988 and Norell and de Queiroz 1991
Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Claudiosauridae, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Galesphyrus, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Palaeagama, Sauria, Saurosternon, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes
Subtaxa: Antarcticoolithus Choristodera Lepidosauromorpha
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