Suborder Ophiosauri Cope 1864 (lizard)
Alternative spelling: Opheosauri
Parent taxon: Lacertilia according to E. D. Cope 1875
See also Cope 1871
Sister taxa: Araeosaurus, Changjiangidae, Costasaurus, Cremastosaurus, Cremastosaurus rhambastes, Diacium, Dicarlesia, Durotrigia, Francosaurophis, Iguanavus, Kionocrania, Natantia, Oxia, Paraprionosaurus, Repentia, Rhiptoglossa, Sauromorus, Tarratosaurus, Teilhardosaurus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophiosauri in the database