Clade Lepidosauria Haeckel 1866 [de Queiroz & Gauthier 2020] see Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
   Clade Rhynchocephalia Günther 1867 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988] see Order Rhynchocephalia Günther, 1867
     Clade Sphenodontia Williston 1925 [Evans 2003]
       Clade Acrosphenodontia Chambi-Trowell, Martinelli, Whiteside, Romo de Vivar, Soares, Schultz, Gill, Benton & Rayfield 2021
         Clade Eusphenodontia Herrera-Flores, Stubbs, Elsler & Benton 2018
           Clade Neosphenodontia Herrera-Flores, Stubbs, Elsler & Benton 2018
             Clade Sphenodontidae Cope 1871 [Simões, Caldwell & Pierce 2020] see Family Sphenodontidae Cope, 1871
               [Clade Sphenodontinae Huxley 1887 [Reynoso 1996]] see Subfamily Sphenodontinae Cope, 1871
                 1 ?Genus †Zapatadon Reynoso & Clark, 1998