†family Dorsetisauridae Hoffstetter 1967 (squamates)
Reptilia - Squamata - Dorsetisauridae
Parent taxon: Anguioidea according to R. Estes 1983
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Carroll 1988 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxa: Anniellidae, Peltosaurus, Bainguidae
Subtaxa: Changetisaurinae Dorsetisaurus Paradorsetisaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections), the United Kingdom (5)
• Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (1), Portugal (1), United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences