PaleoDB taxon number: 36379
Alternative spelling: Squamati
Full reference: M. Oppel. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodom einer Naturgeschichte Derselben. Joseph Lindauer, München xii-86
Parent taxon: Lepidosauria according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1996
Sister taxa: Cargninia, Euposaurus, Lacertoidopus, Millerosauria, Patricosaurus, Pleurosauria, Prolacertilia, Rhynchocephalia, Sauroeidepus, Weigeltisauria
Subtaxa: Ameivoidea, Amphisbaenia, Anhuisaurus, Anomalopsis, Anqingosaurus, Ardeosaurus, Asagaolacerta, Bavarisaurus, Changjiangosaurus, Cuencasaurus, Dibamidae, Draconoidea, Eichstaettisaurus, Eolacerta, Episquamata, Gekkonomorpha, Hakuseps, Haplodontosaurus, Harpagosaurus excedens, Hongshanxi, Hoyalacerta, Huehuecuetzpalli, Iguana haueri, Iguanomorpha, Jucaraseps, Kuroyuriella, Lacertibaenia, Lacertilia, Liushusaurus, Macrocnemidae, Megachirella, Olindalacerta, Ophidia, Oxiella, Paikasisaurus, Palaeophidae, Paraplacosauriops, Parasaurillus, Parviraptor, Pseudosaurillus, Saniwa australis, Scandensia, Scincogekkonomorpha, Scincoidea, Scleroglossa, Tedorosaurus, Trachelosauridae, Vialorophis, Xestops gracilis, Yabeinosaurus, Yabeinosaurus youngi, Zanclodontidae
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