Lepidosauromorph
The Lepidosauromorphs are a large group of reptiles. It includes all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs.
| Lepidosauromorphs Temporal range: Late Permian – Recent | |
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| A plumed basilisk | |
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| Infraclass: | Lepidosauromorpha Benton, 1983 |
The only living sub-group is the Lepidosauria: lizards, snakes, and the tuatara.
The most important fossil group, the Sauropterygia, includes the plesiosaurs.
Classification
- Subclass Diapsida
- Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha
- Superorder †Sauropterygia – †Plesiosaurs
- Lepidosauriformes
- Order †Eolacertilia
- Superorder Lepidosauria
- Order Sphenodontia – Tuatara
- Order Squamata
- Suborder Amphisbaenia – Worm lizards
- Suborder Lacertilia* – Lizards
- Family †Mosasauridae
- Suborder Serpentes – Snakes
- Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha
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