Scincomorpha

Scincomorphs; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic—present,
	Eastern blue-tongued lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha; Camp, 1923
Subgroups
	Scincidae; Xantusiomorpha †Retinosaurus; †Eoxantidae; †Hodzhakuliidae; †Slavoiidae; Xantusiidae; ; †Ardeosauroidea? †Ardeosauridae?; †Carusiidae?; †Globauridae?; ; †Paramacellodidae; Cordyliformes Cordylidae; Gerrhosauridae; †Konkasaurus; †Deccansaurus?; ;

Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well as many extinct taxa. Other roughly equivalent terms include the suborder Scinciformata, or the superfamily Scincoidea, though different authors use these terms in a broader or more restricted usage relative to true skinks. They first appear in the fossil record about 170 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.