Monstersauria
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| Monstersaurs Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent | |
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| Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 genera, such as Estesia and Gobiderma.
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