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)