Full reference: M. J. Benton. 1985. Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(2):97-164
Parent taxon: Reptilia according to X. A. Jenkins et al. 2025
See also Benton 1985, Evans and Manabe 1999, Laurin 1991, Rieppel 1989, Rieppel 1989, Senter 2004 and Sobral et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acrodontosaurus, Amblyglossae, Anapsida, Anhomoiichnium, Apatomerus, Archaeosauria, Atremata, Chelydosauria, Cunichnoides, Dimetropus, Diplotremata, Dipnoa, Dolichobrachium, Dravidosaurus blanfordi, Embolophorus, Enaliosauria, Eureptilia, Glauconia, Holosauria, Hyperosauria, Ichthyosaurus inexpectatus, Ischyrotherium, Isocampe, Kintneria, Lyognatha, Macelognatha, Metamosaurus, Monopnoa, Monotreta, Monozygocrotapha, Onychichnium, Oolithes, Ornithocephala, Parareptilia, Pessopteryx arctica, Pessopteryx pinguis, Placodontomorpha, Plesiosaurus doedicomus, Poeciloglyptica, Polemarchus, Proganosauromorpha, Proreptilia, Prosauria, Protorosauria, Puercosaurus, Puercosaurus obtusidens, Rhamphosauria, Rhizodonta, Rhynchosauroidae, Saurichthys indicus, Saurophidia, Seps, Sillimanius, Squamata, Steropoides, Streptosauria, Svalbardosaurus, Svalbardosaurus crassidens, Theromorpha, Tocosauria
Subtaxa: Acallosuchus Claudiosauridae Euryapsida Galesphyridae Galesphyrus Lacertulus Orovenator Palaeagama Sauria Sauria Saurosternon Weigeltisauridae Younginiformes
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder