Reptilia - Squamata - Trachelosauridae
Parent taxon: Squamata according to O. Kuhn 1971
See also Kuhn 1946 and Kuhn 1966
Sister taxa: Ameivoidea, Amphisbaenia, Anguimorpha, Anhuisaurus, Anomalopsis, Anqingosaurus, Araeoscelomorphi, Ardeosaurus, Asagaolacerta, Bavarisaurus, Changjiangosaurus, Cryptovaranoides, Cuencasaurus, Dibamidae, Draconoidea, Eichstaettisaurus, Episquamata, Gekkonomorpha, Hakuseps, Haplodontosaurus, Harpagosaurus excedens, Hongshanxi, Hoyalacerta, Huehuecuetzpalli, Iguana haueri, Iguanomorpha, Jucaraseps, Kuroyuriella, Lacertibaenia, Lacertilia, Liushusaurus, Macrocnemidae, Megachirella, Moqisaurus, Mosasauridae, Mosasauroidea, Oculudentavis, Olindalacerta, Ophidia, Oxiella, Paikasisaurus, Palaeophidae, Paleochelco, Pangekkota, Panscincoidea, Panxantusiidae, Panxenosaurus, Paraplacosauriops, Parasaurillus, Parviraptor, Pseudosaurillus, Pythonomorpha, Sauripes, Scandensia, Scincogekkonomorpha, Scincoidea, Scincomorpha, Scleroglossa, Tedorosaurus, Thalattosauromorphi, Vialorophis, Xestops gracilis, Yabeinosaurus, Yabeinosaurus youngi, Zanclodontidae
Subtaxa: Trachelosaurus
Type: Trachelosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Merkel's Quarry (upper), Bernburg (Triassic of Germany)