PaleoDB taxon number: 58739
Synonyms: Annulata (no. 37968), Annulati (no. 359895)
Parent taxon: Squamata according to M. R. Stocker and E. C. Kirk 2016
Sister taxa: Ameivoidea, 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
Subtaxa: Amphisbaeniformes, Amphisbaenoidea, Chthonophidae, Crythiosauridae, Hodzhakulia, Hyporhinidae, Oligodontosauridae, Polyodontobaenidae, Rhineuroidea
Ecology: fossorial insectivore