Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Squamata

Current position

Xantusioidea (Superfamily) Baird, 1859

Ref: N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009: 134.

Alternative positions

Leptoglossa (Infraorder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 617.
Scincoidea ([unranked]) Oppel, 1811	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: fig. 1.
Scincoidea (Infraorder) Oppel, 1811	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: fig. 1. [implicit]
Scincomorpha (Infraorder) Camp, 1923	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 960.

Historical positions

Scincoidea ([unranked]) Oppel, 1811	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 46, fig. 1.
Xantusioidea (Superfamily) Baird, 1859	Ref: N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009: 134, fig. 2.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802	Ref: 1998
Scincomorpha (Infraorder) Camp, 1923	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802	Ref: 1995
Leptoglossa (Infraorder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 617.
Scincomorpha (Infraorder) Camp, 1923	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 960.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Scincomorpha (Infraorder) Camp, 1923	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;34s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 23 Feb 2017	[3g;34s]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[3g;34s]
2013	R.A. Pyron et al.: 46	[3g]
[1995-]2000	P. Uetz	24s
1982	W.E. Duellman: 960	2sf;4g;14s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	17s