Monstersauria

Monstersauria
Monstersaurs
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent
Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Varanoidea
(unranked): Monstersauria

Monstersauria is a clade of Varanoid lizards, defined as all taxa more closely related to Heloderma than Varanus. It includes Heloderma, as well as several extinct taxa, such as Estesia and Gobiderma.