Lepidosauromorph
The Lepidosauromorphs are a large group of reptiles. It includes all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs.
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| Skull of Sophineta cracoviensis | |
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| Collage of five lepidosaurs. From top left to right: Sphenodon punctatus, Dendroaspis polylepis, Iguana iguana, Smaug breyeri and Malayopython reticulatus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Diapsida |
| Clade: | Neodiapsida |
| Clade: | Sauria |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha Benton, 1983 |
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see text. | |
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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
References
- ↑ Jones, M. E.. Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013). p. 208. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208.