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.

Paleoanguimorpha is a clade of anguimorphs comprising Shinisauria and Goannasauria. Morphological studies in the past also classified helodermatids and pythonomorphs with the varanoids in the clade Pl