Necrosauridae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraordo: Platynota
Familia: †Necrosauridae
Genera: †Colpodontosaurus - †Eosaniwa - †Necrosaurus - †Parviderma
Name

Necrosauridae Hoffstetter, 1943
References

Necrosauridae at The Paleobiology Database [1]. Accessed on 14 October 2009.

Palaeovaranidae, formerly known as Necrosauridae, is an extinct clade of varanoid lizards known from the Paleogene of Europe. It contains three genera.[1][2]
Genera

Eosaniwa Haubold, 1977 Geiseltal, Germany, Eocene
Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887 (Formerly Necrosaurus) Messel Pit, Germany, Quercy Phosphorites Formation, France, Eocene
Paranecrosaurus Smith & Habersetzer, 2021 (Formerly "Saniwa" feisti) Messel Pit, Germany, Eocene

References

Smith, Krister T.; Habersetzer, Jörg (2021-06-09). "The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and autecology of the carnivorous lizard "Saniwa" feisti Stritzke, 1983 from the Eocene of Messel, Germany". Comptes Rendus Palevol (23). doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a23. ISSN 1777-571X.
Georgalis, Georgios L. (October 2017). "Necrosaurus or Palaeovaranus ? Appropriate nomenclature and taxonomic content of an enigmatic fossil lizard clade (Squamata)". Annales de Paléontologie. 103 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2017.10.001.