LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA

'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.

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Classification

Classification

★ 'Subclass Diapsida'

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★ 'Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha'

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★ ''Acerosodontosaurus'' (extinct)

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★ 'Superorder Sauropterygia' - Plesiosaurs (extinct)

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★ 'Lepidosauriformes'

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★ Order Eolacertilia (extinct)

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★ ''Icarosaurus''

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★ ''Kuehneosaurus''

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★ 'Superorder Lepidosauria'

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★ Order Sphenodontia - Tuatara

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★ Order Squamata

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★ Suborder Lacertilia
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★ Family Mosasauridae

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★ Suborder Serpentes - Snakes

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★ Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards