†suborder Pistosauroidea Baur 1887 (diapsid)
Parent taxon: Eosauropterygia according to O. Rieppel 1999
See also Cheng et al. 2006, Persson 1963 and Rieppel 2000
Sister taxa: Corosaurus, Cymatosauridae, Dawazisaurus, Diandongosaurus, Hispaniasaurus, Majiashanosaurus, Nothosauridae, Nothosauroidea, Nothosaurus picardi, Pachypleurosauria, Pachypleurosauroidea, Qianxisaurus, Wumengosaurus
Subtaxa: Chinchenia Cymatosauria Cymatosaurus Kwangsisaurus Wangosaurus Yunguisaurus
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