<==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] (käärmeet) `--o Thecoglossa `--o Varanoidea [last common ancestor of Lanthanotus, Heloderma & Varanus] |--o “Varaniformes” [“Varanoinea”] | |-- Lanthanotidae (kuurovaraanit) | `-- Varanidae (varaanit, monitor lizards) `--o Monstersauria [Estesioidea] |?- †Gobidermatidae `--o HELODERMATOIDEA `-- Helodermatidae (myrkkyliskot)
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.
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–iNet: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanus.html - 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.
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