Lepidosauromorpha
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Lepidosauromorpha is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (including crocodiles and birds). The only living sub-group is the Lepidosauria: extant lizards, snakes, and tuatara.
Classification
- Subclass Diapsida
- * LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA
- ** Acerosodontosaurus (extinct)
- ** Superorder Sauropterygia - Plesiosaurs (extinct)
- ** Lepidosauriformes
- *** Order Eolacertilia (extinct)
- **** Icarosaurus
- **** Kuehneosaurus
- *** Superorder Lepidosauria
- **** Order Sphenodontia - Tuatara
- **** Order Squamata
- ***** Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards
- ****** Family Mosasauridae
- ***** Suborder Serpentes - Snakes
- ***** Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards
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