Diploglossa is a clade of
neoanguimorphs represented by the families
Xenosauridae,
Diploglossidae,
Anniellidae and
Anguidae, the latter three placed in the superfamily Anguioidea.
In the past the
Chinese crocodile lizard was classified as a xenosaurid;
current molecular work has shown evidence the species related to varanoids in the clade
Paleoanguimorpha
Paleoanguimorpha is a clade of anguimorphs comprising Shinisauria (represented today by shinisaurids) and Goannasauria (represented today by Varanoidea which includes the families Lanthanotidae and Varanidae). Morphological studies in the past ...
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References
Anguimorpha
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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