The Anguimorpha is a suborder of squamates. The group was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to Varanus and Anguis than Scincus. These lizards, along with iguanians and

Zhongyuanxi is an extinct genus of anguimorph lizard known from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Zhongyuanxi jiai, known from a partial skull.