After Rieppel, 1994, Evans & Barbadillo, 1997, Evans & Chure, 1998, Gao & Norell, 2000, and Alifanov, 2000

Alternative phylogeny of Scincomorpha after Kearney, 2003

<==o Scincomorpha Camp, 1923 (skink-like lizards; skinkkimäiset liskot)
   |?- †Scincomorpha genera et species indet. [Ceder Mountain formation, Utah, USA.] [Nydam, 2002]
   |?- †Scincomorpha genera et species indet. [Ukhaa Tolgod, Djadokhta formation, Mongolia] [Gao & Norell, 2000]
   |?- †Calanguban alamoi Simőes, Caldwell & Kellner, 2014; E.Cret. SAm.
   |?- †Bothriagenys mysterion Nydam, 2002
   |?- †Globaura venusta Borsuk-Bialynicka, 1988
   |-- †Tepexisaurus tepexii Reynoso & Callison, 2000
   `--+--+?- †Changetisaurus estesi Federov & Nessov, 1992 [Chengetisaurus lapsus calami] [Dorsetisauridae: Changetisaurinae Federov & Nessov, 1992]
      |  `--o †Paramacellodidae Estes, 1983 [a paraphyletic form-family?]
      |     |?- †Atokasaurus metarsiodon Nydam & Cifelli, 2002b,  L. Cret. NA. [cf. “Paramacellodidae”]
      |     |?- †Pseudosaurillus becklesi Hoffstetter, 1967
      |     |?-o †Saurillus Owen, 1855
      |     |  |-- †S. henkeli Hoffstetter, 1967
      |     |  |-- †S. obtusus Owen, 1855
      |     |  `-- †S. robustidens Hoffstetter, 1967
      |     |?- †Saurillodon proraformis Estes, 1983
      |     |--o †Paramacellodus Hoffstetter, 1967; U. Jur. L. Cret. NA.
      |     |  |?- cf. P. sp. [Ceder Mountain formation, Utah, USA.] [Nydam, 2002]
      |     |  |?- cf. †P. keebleri Nydam & Cifelli, 2002b, L. Cret. NA.
      |     |  |-- †P. oweni Hoffstetter, 1967 U. Jur. NA.
      |     |  `-- †P. keebleri Nydam & Cifelli, 2002b
      |     |--o †Becklesius Estes, 1983
      |     |  |-- †B. hoffstetteri (Seiffert, 1973) [Macellodus brodei Hoffsteetr, 1967 (non Macellodus brodei Owen, 1854); Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri Seiffert, 1973]
      |     |  |-- †B. cataphractus Richter, 1994
      |     |  |-- †B. sp. [Richter, 1994]
      |     |  `-- †B. nopcsai Folie & Codrea, 2005
      |     |-- †Sharovisaurus karatauensis Hecht & Hecht, 1984; U. Jur. CAs.
      |     `-- †Mimobecklesiosaurus gansuensis Li, 1985; U. Jur. EAs.
      |--o Scincoidea Oppel, 1811 (skink-related lizards; skinkinsukuiset liskot)
      |  |?- †Dimekodontosaurus madseni Nydam, 2002
      |  |?- †Hymenosaurus clarki Gao & Norell, 2000
      |  |?- †Scincoideus haininensis Folie, Sigé & Smith, 2005, Pal. Eu.
      |  |?- †Parmeosaurus scutatus Gao & Norell, 2000
      |  |?-o †Slavoiidae Alifanov, 1993
      |  |  |-- †Eoxanta lacertifrons Borsuk-Bialynicka, 1988
      |  |  `-- †Slavoia darevskii Sulimski, 1984
      |  |-- Scincidae [incl. Feyliniidae] (skinks; skinkit) [124/1206]
      |  `--o Cordyloidea [Cordyliformes Fitzinger, 1826]
      |     |-- Cordylidae Mertens, 1937 (non Gray, 1838?, non Fitzinger, 1826?) (Girdled Lizards, vyöliskot)
      |     `-- Gerrhosauridae (kilpiliskot)
      `--o Lacertoidea Camp, 1923 (sisiliskonsukuiset liskot)
         |--o Xantusiomorpha
         |  |?-o †Hodzhakuliidae Alifanov, 1993 sensu Alifanov, 2016 [previously treated as Anguimorpha incertae sedis]
         |  |  |-- †Bagaluus primigenius Alifanov, 2016
         |  |  `--+-- †Hodzhakulia magna Nessov, 1985
         |  |     `--+-- †“Platynotoides” altidentatus Alifanov, 2016 [Platynotoides Alifanov, 2016 (preocc.), non Platynotoides Kaszab, 1975 (a beetle)]
         |  |        `--+-- †Carnoscincus eublepharus Alifanov, 2016
         |  |           `--o †Pachygenys Gao & Cheng, 1999; E.Cret. EAs.
         |  |              |-- †P. thlastesa Gao & Cheng, 1999
         |  |              `-- †P. adachii Ikeda, Ota & Saegusa, 2015
         |  `-- Xantusiidae (yöliskot)
         `--o Lacertiformes Estes, de Queiroz & Gauthier, 1988 (sisiliskomaiset liskot)
            |--+?-o †Eolacertidae Cernanský & Smith, in press (2017)
            |  |  |-- †Eolacerta robusta Nöth, 1940 [however, see Anguimorpha for alternative position]
            |  |  `-- †Stefanikia siderea Cernanský & Smith, in press (2017)
            |  `-- Lacertidae Bonaparte, 1831 (sisiliskot) [26/273]
            `--+--o †Meyasaurus Vidal, 1915 [Ilerdaesaurus]
               |  |-- †M. faurai Vidal, 1915 (emend. von Huene, 1952)
               |  |-- †M. diazromeri Evans & Barbadillo, 1997
               |  |-- †M. crusafonti (Hoffstetter, 1966)
               |  `-- †M. unensis (Richter, 1994)
               `--+?- †Dalinghosaurus longidigitus Ji, 1998
                  `--+--o Teiioidea Estes, de Queiroz & Gauthier, 1988 (Teju-like lisards; teijunsukuiset liskot)
                     |  |?- †Haptosphenus placodon Estes, 1964
                     |  `--+?- †Adamisaurus magnidentatus Sulimski, 1972 [Adamisauridae Sulimski, 1978]
                     |     |-- Teiidae Gray, 1827 (tejus; teijut) [Recent: 9 genera / 116 species]
                     |     `-- Gymnophthalmidae
                     `--o †Boreoteiioidea Nydam, Eaton & Sankey, 2007
                        |?- †Tijubina pontei Bonfim-Júnior & Marques, 1997
                        |?- †Olindalacerta brasiliensis Evans & Yabumoto, 1998
                        |-- †Kuwajimalla kagaensis Evans & Manabe, 2008
                        |-- †Tianyusaurus zhengi Lü et al., 2008
                        |-- †Mongolochamopidae Alifanov, 1993
                        |-- †Macrocephalosauridae Sulimski, 1975
                        `-- †Polyglyphanodontidae Gilmore, 1943b

After Alifanov, 2016

<==o Scincomorpha
   |--o Leptoglossa
   |  |--+-- †Globauridae
   |  |  `--+-- †Ardeosauridae
   |  |     `-- †Carusiidae
   |  `--+--o ?Cordyloidea
   |     |  |-- †Paramacellodidae
   |     |  `-- Cordylidae
   |     `--o ?Scincoidea
   |        |-- Acontiidae
   |        `-- Scincidae
   `--o Xantusiomorpha
      |-- Xantusiidae
      `--+-- Dibamidae
         `--+--o †Eoxantidae
            |  `-- †Eoxanta
            `--+--o †Slavoiidae
               |  `-- †Slavoia
               `--o †Hodzhakuliidae
                  |-- †Bagaluus
                  `--+-- †Hodzhakulia
                     `--+-- †“Platynotoides”
                        `--+-- †Carnoscincus
                           `-- †Pachygenys

Reference(s):

  • Alifanov, V. R., 2016: Lizards of the family Hodzhakuliidae (Scincomorpha) from the lower Cretaceous of Mongolia.
    –Paleontological Journal: Vol. 50, #5, pp. (504-513) [doi: 10.1134/s0031030116050038]

After Kearney, 2003

<==o Scincomorpha
   |--o Cordyliformes
   |  `--o Cordyloidea
   |     |-- Cordylidae
   |     `-- Gerrhosauridae
   `--+--o Scincoidea
      |  |?- †Dimekodontosaurus
      |  |?- †Hymenosaurus
      |  |?- †Parmeosaurus
      |  `-- Scincidae
      `--+--o †Eichstaettisauridae
         |  |-- †Eichstaettisaurus
         |  `-- †Globaura
         `--+-- †Eoxanta
            `--+-- Xantusiidae
               |--o Lacertiformes
               |  |-- Lacertidae Bonaparte, 1831
               |  `--+-- †Meyasaurus
               |     `-- Teiidae
               `--+--o †Slavoiidae
                  |  `-- †Slavoia
                  |--o †Adamisauridae
                  |  `-- †Adamisaurus
                  `--+-- †Polyglyphanodontidae
                     `--+-- †Sineoamphisbaena
                        `-- †Macrocephalosauridae

Reference(s):

  • Kearney, M., 2003: The phylogenetic position of Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis reexamined.
    –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #2, pp. 394-403

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