Subfamily Melanosaurinae Gilmore 1928 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Necrosauridae

Parent taxon: Necrosauridae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also McDowell and Bogert 1954

Sister taxa: Labrodioctes, Necrosaurinae, Necrosaurus, Proplatynotia, Provaranosaurus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Melanosaurus

Ecology: carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cooper Center 02020 (Eocene of California)

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