After Rieppell, 1994, Evans & Barbadillo, 1998, and Caldwell, 1999, with Recent species from Uetz, Etzold & Chenna, 1995-2000 [“The TIGR Reptile Database ” (former EMBL Reptile Database)]
<==o Anguimorpha [all autarchoglossans closer to Varanus & Anguis than Scincus] |?- †Paravaranidae |?- †Bainguidae |--o Anguoidea (vaskitsansukuiset liskot) | |-- †Dorsetisauridae | `--+-- Xenosauridae: Xenosaurinae (kyhmyliskot) | `--+-- Xenosauridae: Shinisaurinae | `--+-- Anniellidae (rengasliskot) | `-- Anguidae (vaskitsat) `--o Platynota (varaanintapaiset liskot; Varanus-like lizards) |-- †Necrosauridae [paraphyletic?] `--+?-o Pythonomorpha (käärmeet & meriliskot; snakes & mosasaurids) [traditionally placed here, for most recent view, see Squamata] | |--o †Mosasauroidea (meriliskot) | | |-- †Aigialosauridae (“vanhameriliskot”) [paraphyletic?] | | `--+-- †Dolichosauridae (“pienmeriliskot”) | | `-- †Mosasauridae (“suurmeriliskot”) | `-- Serpentes [Ophidia] (snakes; käärmeet) `--o Thecoglossa `--o Varanoidea [last common ancestor of Lanthanotus, Heloderma & Varanus] |--o “Varaniformes” [“Varanoinea”] | |-- Lanthanotidae (kuurovaraanit; earless monitors) | `-- Varanidae (varaanit; monitor lizards) `--o Monstersauria Norell & Gao, 1997 [Estesioidea] |?- †Gobidermatidae `--o Helodermatoidea `-- Helodermatidae (myrkkyliskot; gila monsters)
Reference(s):
- Caldwell, M. W., 1999: Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Vol. 125, pp. 115-147 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Evans, S. E. & Barbadillo, J., 1997: Early Cretaceous lizards from Las Hoyas, Spain.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 119, #1, pp. 23-49. - Müller, J., 2001: Osteology and relationships of Eolacerta robusta, a lizard from the Middle Eocene of Germany (Reptilia, Squamata).
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #2, pp. 261-278 - Rieppel, O. 1994: The Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata. 23-37.
in Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
–Cambridge University Press, New York. 1994 - Uetz, P., Etzold, T. & Chenna, R. (eds.), 1995-2000: The Reptile Database [former “EMBL Reptile Database”].
–iNet: http://www.reptile-database.org/