Squamata Oppel 1811 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
   Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
     Lacertoidea Camp, 1923 see Infraorder Lacertoidea Camp, 1923
       Family Gymnophthalmidae Fitzinger, 1826 - spectacled lizards
         Subfamily Ecpleopinae Fitzinger, 1843
           Genus Marinussaurus Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2011