Reptilia - Squamata - Gekkonidae
Alternative spelling: Sphaerodactylidae
Parent taxon: Gekkonidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Kluge 1967
Sister taxa: Aprasia, Aristelliger, Bogertia, Briba, Cadurcogekko, Coleonyx, Cyrtodactylus, Delma, Diplodactylinae, Diplodactylus, Eublepharinae, Euleptes, Geckolepis, Gehyra, Gekko, Gekkoninae, Gerandogekko, Gonatodes, Gymnodactylus, Hemidactylus, Hemiphyllodactylus, Homonota, Hoplodactylus, Laonogekko, Lygodactylus, Naultinus, Nephrurus, Pachydactylus, Paroedura, Phelsuma, Phyllodactylus, Phyllopezus, Platydactylus, Pletholax, Pygopus, Rhodanogekko, Sphaerodactylus, Tarentola, Teratoscincus, Thecadactylus, Uroplatinae, Uroplatus, Yantarogekko
Subtaxa: Euleptinae
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal, Cl IV, Grube "Cecilie", Trichter NE (Eocene of Germany)