Superorder Rhizodonta Bonaparte 1838 (reptile)
Parent taxon: Reptilia according to C.-L. Bonaparte 1850
Sister taxa: Amblyglossae, Anapsida, Coeluria, Cunichnoides, Enaliosauria, Eupalamopus, Eureptilia, Ganocephala, Glauconia, Gymnarthria, Ichthyopterygia, Ischyrotherium, Isocampe, Kintneria, Macelognatha, Omosauria, Oolithes, Ornithocephala, Parareptilia, Placodontomorpha, Plectropterna, Proganosauromorpha, Pythonomorpha, Rhamphosauria, Sauranodonta, Streptosauria, Testudinata, Theromorpha, Tocosauria, Triaenopus
Subtaxa: Emydosaurii, Ornithosaurii
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