Alternative spelling: Anguinomorpha
Parent taxon: Squamata according to S. M. Hamilton et al. 2023
See also Antunes 1964, Böhme 2010, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984, Cernansky et al. 2015, Estes 1964, Estes 1983, Estes and Berberian 1970, Estes et al. 1988, Evans 1994, Evans and Wang 2005, Gao and Fox 1996, Gao and Hou 1996, Gao and Nessov 1998, Gao and Norell 1998, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Nydam 2000, Páramo-Fonseca 2000, Park et al. 2015, Peng et al. 2001, Pyron et al. 2013, Sahni and Srivastava 1976, Seiffert 1975, Smith 2006, Smith and Habersetzer 2021, Stocker and Kirk 2016, Stritzke 1983, Sullivan 1986, Sullivan 1987, Vasilyan and Bukhsianidze 2020 and Welles and Gregg 1971
Sister taxa: Ameivoidea, Amphisbaenia, 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, Trachelosauridae, Vialorophis, Xestops gracilis, Yabeinosaurus, Yabeinosaurus youngi, Zanclodontidae
Subtaxa: Anguiformes Barlochersaurus Carusioidea Chometokadmon Entomophontes Hodzhakuliidae Merkurosaurus Monstersauria Necrosauridae Palaeovaranidae Paravaranidae Restes Varaniformes Xenosauridae
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