Lepidosauria

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<==Lepidosauria
   |--Rhynchocephalia
   |    |--Gephyrosaurus bridensis Evans 1980
   |    `--Sphenodontia
   |         |  i. s.: Ankylosphenodon
   |         |         Godavarisaurus
   |         |         *Sigmala sigmala
   |         |         Tingitana
   |         |--Diphydontosaurus avonis
   |         `--+--Homoeosaurus
   |            `--Sphenodontidae
   |                 |--+--Brachyrhinodon
   |                 |  `--Clevosaurus Swinton 1939
   |                 |       |--*C. hudsoni Swinton 1939
   |                 |       |--C. bairdi Sues et al. 1994
   |                 |       |--C. convallis Säilä 2005
   |                 |       |--C. mcgilli Wu 1994
   |                 |       |--C. minor Fraser 1988
   |                 |       |--C. petilus Wu 1994
   |                 |       `--C. wangi Wu 1994
   |                 `--+--Palaeopleurosaurus
   |                    `--+--+--Kallimodon
   |                       |  `--Sapheosaurus
   |                       `--+--Pamizinsaurus
   |                          `--+--Sphenodontinae
   |                             |    |--Zapatadon
   |                             |    `--+--Cynosphenodon
   |                             |       `--Sphenodon
   |                             |            |--S. guntheri Buller 1877
   |                             |            `--S. punctatus (Gray 1842)
   |                             `--Opisthodontia
   |                                  |--Opisthias rarus
   |                                  `--Eilenodontinae
   |                                       |--Toxolophosaurus
   |                                       `--+--Eilenodon robustus
   |                                          `--Priosphenodon Apesteguia & Novas 2003
   |                                               `--*P. avelasi Apesteguia & Novas 2003
   `--Squamata
        |  i. s.: Mimeosaurus
        |         Nucras
        |         Phyllodactylus
        |           |--P. eduardofischeri
        |           |--P. europaeus
        |           |--P. guentheri
        |           `--P. marmoratus
        |         Taniwhasaurus oweni [incl. Tylosaurus haumuriensis]
        |         Prognathodon
        |           |--P. overtoni
        |           `--P. waiparaensis
        |         Moanasaurus [incl. Rikisaurus]
        |           |--‘Mosasaurus’ flemingi
        |           |--M. mangahouangae
        |           `--‘Rikisaurus’ tehoensis
        |         Platecarpus ptychodon
        |         Halisaurus
        |         Typhlosaurus vermis
        |         Bavarisaurus
        |         Phelsuma madagascariensis Gray 1845
        |           |--P. m. madagascariensis
        |           |--P. m. abbotti Stejneger 1893
        |           |--P. m. andamensis Blyth 1860
        |           |--P. m. kochi Mertens 1954
        |           |--P. m. longinsulae Rendahl 1939
        |           `--P. m. parkeri Loveridge 1941
        |         Sauromalus obesus
        |         Clidastes propython Cope 1869
        |         Haasiasaurus [=Haasia]
        |           `--H. gittelmani [=Haasia gittelmani]
        |         Amblyrhynchus cristatus
        |         *Basiliscus basiliscus
        |         Ophisaurus apodus
        |         Stellio lehmanni
        |         Gymnodactylus miliusii
        |         Amphibolurus reticulatus
        |--Iguania
        |    |--Iguanidae
        |    `--Acrodonta
        |         |--Xianglong Li, Gao et al. 2007
        |         |    `--*X. zhaoi Li, Gao et al. 2007
        |         |--Chamaeleonidae
        |         `--Agamidae
        `--+--Scleroglossa
           `--+--Polyglyphanodon
              |    |--P. bajaensis
              |    `--P. sternbergi
              `--+--Macrocephalosaurus
                 `--Sineoamphisbaena

* Type species of generic name indicated

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