[organisms]
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Branch Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Division Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
see Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
Subdivision Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods
see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
Suborder Sauria McCartney, 1802 - lizards
see Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
01 Family Gekkonidae Oppel, 1811 - geckoes
02 Family Pygopodidae Gray, 1845 - Australasian legless lizards
03 Family Iguanidae Oppel, 1811 - iguanas
04 Family Agamidae Spix, 1825 - agamas
05 Family Chamaeleonidae Rafinesque, 1815 - chameleons
06 Family Xantusiidae Baird, 1859 - night lizards
07 Family Teiidae Gray, 1827 - whiptails and tegus
08 Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 - skinks
09 Family Cordylidae Fitzinger, 1826 - spinytail lizards
10 Family Lacertidae Oppel, 1811 - wall lizards
11 Family Anguidae Gray, 1825 - glass lizards and alligator lizards
12 Family Anniellidae Cope, 1864 - American legless lizards
13 Family Xenosauridae Cope, 1866
14 Family Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 - Gila monsters
15 Family Varanidae Gray, 1827 - monitor lizards
16 Family Lanthonotidae
see Family Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877
17 Family †Mosasauridae Gervais, 1853 - mosasaurs