Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae
Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to R. A. Pyron et al. 2013
See also Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1964, Estes 1969, Estes 1983, Estes and Berberian 1970, Estes et al. 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Gao and Fox 1996, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Perrier 1928, Seiffert 1975 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Carusia, Cordylidae, Cordyliformes, Dakotaseps, Dimekodontosaurus, Eoxanta, Estescincosaurus, Feyliniidae, Foliesaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Globaura, Hymenosaurus, Myrmecodaptria, Ornatocephalus, Paramacellodidae, Parmeosaurus, Pyrenasaurus, Scincoideus, Tepexisaurus, Webbsaurus, Xantusiidae
Subtaxa: Acontias Aethesia Aocnodromeus Axonoscincus Ayalasaurus Berruva Corucia Egerniinae Eugongylus Feylininae Gekkomimus Lygosoma Lygosominae Oligosoma Ophiomorus Orthoscincus Orthrioscincus Parotosaurus Penemabuya Plestiodon Sauriscus Scincinae Sphenomorphus Tiliqua Trachylepis Verticaria
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections), the Bahamas (2), China (1), Greece (3), Israel (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (16), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Palau (3), the Philippines (3), the Seychelles (1), Spain (5), United States (17: California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Yemen (2)
• Blancan of United States (6: California, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (1), Turkey (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, Tennessee)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (8), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (6), Greece (1), Hungary (5), India (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (15: Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of China (1), France (3), Spain (3)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta), India (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 150 collections including 188 occurrences