Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Full reference: R. Estes. 1983. Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A:1-249
Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to T. W. Reeder et al. 2015
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Averianov et al. 2005, Bolet and Evans 2010, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Evans and Chure 1998, Nydam 2002 and Pyron et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carusia, Cordylidae, Cordyliformes, Dakotaseps, Dimekodontosaurus, Eoxanta, Estescincosaurus, Feyliniidae, Foliesaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Globaura, Hymenosaurus, Myrmecodaptria, Ornatocephalus, Parmeosaurus, Pyrenasaurus, Scincidae, Scincoideus, Tepexisaurus, Webbsaurus, Xantusiidae
Subtaxa: Atokasaurus Becklesius Hypostylos Ilekia Mimobecklesisaurus Naimanosaurus Neokotus Paramacellodus Saurillodon Saurillus Sciroseps Sharovisaurus
Type: Paramacellodus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), China (1), France (1), Japan (1), Mongolia (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (9), United States (10: Arkansas, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Portugal (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 55 collections including 75 occurrences