Eureptilia
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| Eureptiles | |
|---|---|
| Labidosaurikos meachami, an early eureptilian of the family Captorhinidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Eureptilia Olson, 1947 |
| Subgroups | |
Eurepitlia is the name for a group of reptiles. It contains most extinct, and some of the living reptiles and birds. All the living genera are grouped as diapsids.
Eureptilia Media
The Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica, a historically important fossil which helped to establish birds as a component of the reptile family tree
Mesozoic sauropsids: non-avialan dinosaurs (Europasaurus and iguanodonts) alongside the early bird Archaeopteryx perched on the foreground tree stump.
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