Monstersauria

Heloderma suspectum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monstersauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Cladus: Monstersauria

Familia (1): Helodermatidae
Genera incertae sedis (†9): †Bolg – †Chianghsia – †Estesia – †Gobiderma – †Labrodioctes – †Morohasaurus – †Palaeosaniwa – †Paraderma – †Primaderma

Name

Monstersauria Norell & Gao, 1997

References

Additional references

• Woolley, C.H., Sertich, J.J.W., Melstrom, K.M., Irmis, R.B. & Smith, N.D. 2025. New monstersaur specimens from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah reveal unexpected richness of large-bodied lizards in Late Cretaceous North America. Royal Society Open Science 12: 250435. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250435 Reference page.