Synonym: Helodermatoidea Baur 1890
Parent taxon: Platynota according to J. L. Conrad 2006
See also Antunes 1964, Baur 1890, Carroll 1988, Comaschi Caria 1957, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020, Estes 1964, Estes 1983, Estes et al. 1988, Gao and Fox 1996, Houssaye et al. 2013, Houssaye et al. 2013, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Norell et al. 2007, Páramo-Fonseca 2000, Peng et al. 2001, Seiffert 1975, Stritzke 1983 and Welles and Gregg 1971
Sister taxa: Cemeterius, Colpodontosaurus, Kaganaias, Litakis, Parasaniwa, Parviderma, Shinisauria, Shinisauridae
Subtaxa: Aiolosaurus Arcanosaurus Heloderma Helodermatidae Judeasaurus Lanthanotidae Ovoo Pachyvaranidae Parasaniwidae Saniwinae Varanidae
Type: Varanus
Ecology: carnivore