After Carroll, 1988, Rieppel, 1994, Evans & Barbadillo, 1998 and Caldwell, 1999
<==o Lepidosauriformes |-- †Paliguanidae [paraphyletic?] `--+--o †Eolacertilia | |-- †Fulengidae | `-- †Kuehneosauridae [incl. Longisquamidae (Diapsida indet.??)] `--o Lepidosauria |--o Sphenodontida [Rynchocephalia] (Sphenodontians; alkuliskot) | |== †Gephyrosauridae [paraphyletic] | `--+-- †Pleurosauridae | `-- Sphenodontidae (tuataras; tuatarat) `--o Squamata (Lizards & Snakes; suomumatelijat) |-- Iguania (Iguana-like lizards; iguaanimaiset liskot) `--o Scleroglossa sensu Estes, 1988 |--o Pythonomorpha sensu Caldwell, 1999 (snakes & sealizards; käärmeet & meriliskot) [for more common position see Platynota] | |--o Mosasauroidea (meriliskot; mosasaurids, sealizards) | | |-- †Aigialosauridae (old sealizards; "vanhameriliskot") [paraphyletic?] | | `--+-- †Dolichosauridae (small sealizards; "pienmeriliskot") | | `-- †Mosasauridae (large sealizards; "suurmeriliskot") | `-- Serpentes [Ophidia] (snakes; käärmeet) `--o Scleroglossa sensu Rieppel, 1996 |?- †Carusiidae `--o Autarchoglossa [last common ancester of Scincus & Varanus] |-- Scincogekkonomorpha (skinkki-sisilisko-gekkomaiset liskot) `-- Anguimorpha (vaskitsa-varaanimaiset liskot) [all autarchoglossans closer to Varanus & Anguis than Scincus]
Reference(s):
- Caldwell, M. W., 1999: Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Coniasaurus Owen, 1850.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 19, #3, pp. 438 - 455 - Caldwell, M. W., 1999: Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Vol. 125, pp. 115-147 - Caldwell, M. W. & Lee, M. S. Y., 1997: A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East.
–Nature: Vol. 386, 17 April, pp. 705-709 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
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–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Evans, S. E. & Barbadillo, J., 1997: Early Cretaceous lizards from Las Hoyas, Spain.
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