Family Teiidae Gray 1827 (squamates)
PaleoDB taxon number: 37927
Alternative spellings: Teidae, Tejidae
Parent taxon: Teiioidea according to M. S. Y. Lee and M. W. Caldwell 2000
Sister taxa: Barbatteiidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Macroteiida
Subtaxa: Alethesaurus quadratus, Alopoglossus, Amapasaurus, Anotosaura, Brevisaurus, Callopistinae, Cercosaura, Colobosaura, Colobosauroides, Conicodontosaurus, Crocodilurus, Echinosaura, Gerontoseps, Glyptogenys, Harmodontosaurus, Iguanavus exilis, Iguanavus teres, Iphisa, Kentropyx, Lanceosaurus compressus, Lanceosaurus hatcheri, Meyasaurus, Pantodactylus, Proctoporus, Ptilotodon, Sphenosiagon, Teiinae, Teiini, Teius, Tupinambinae
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore