Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae
Parent taxon: Scincidae according to M. A. Norell 1989
See also Estes 1983 and Sullivan and Lucas 1996
Sister taxa: Acontias, Aethesia, Aocnodromeus, Axonoscincus, Ayalasaurus, Berruva, Corucia, Egerniinae, Eugongylus, Feylininae, Gekkomimus, Lygosoma, Lygosominae, Oligosoma, Ophiomorus, Orthoscincus, Orthrioscincus, Parotosaurus, Penemabuya, Plestiodon, Sauriscus, Sphenomorphus, Tiliqua, Trachylepis, Verticaria
Subtaxa: Chalcides Eumeces Gongylomorphus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Spain (5), United States (17: California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (6: California, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Germany (1), Hungary (3), Morocco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (11: Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 55 collections including 64 occurrences