Lepidosauromorphs | |
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Skull of Sophineta cracoviensis | |
Collage of five lepidosaurs. From top left to right: Sphenodon punctatus, Dendroaspis polylepis, Iguana iguana, Smaug breyeri and Malayopython reticulatus. | |
Scientific classification | |
Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Reptilia |
Clade: | Sauria |
Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha Benton, 1983 |
Subgroups | |
see text. | |
Synonyms | |
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The Lepidosauromorphs are a large group of reptiles. It includes all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs.
The only living sub-group is the Lepidosauria: lizards, snakes, and the tuatara.
The most important fossil group, the Sauropterygia, includes the plesiosaurs. view more...