- The
Lepidosauria (/ˌlɛpɪdoʊˈsɔːriə/, from Gr****
meaning scaled lizards) is a
subclass or
superorder of reptiles,
containing the
orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia...
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Lepidosauromorpha (in
PhyloCode known as Pan-
Lepidosauria) is a
group of
reptiles comprising all
diapsids closer to
lizards than to
archosaurs (which include...
- Squamata, with the two
orders being grouped together in the
superorder Lepidosauria. Once
representing the world's
dominant group of
small reptiles, many...
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diverse Rhynchocephalia, with both
groups being placed in the
clade Lepidosauria.
Squamates are a
monophyletic sister group to the rhynchocephalians,...
- The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg)
extinction event, also
known as the K–T extinction, was the m****
extinction of three-quarters of the
plant and
animal species...
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ancestor of
Archosauria (which
includes crocodilians and birds) and
Lepidosauria (which
includes squamates and the tuatara), and all its descendants....
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Reptiles are
tetrapod animals in the
class Reptilia,
comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and
their extinct...
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Paleontology portal Apesteguia RO,
Rougier GW (2012). "A
basal sphenodontian (
Lepidosauria) from the Jur****ic of Patagonia: new
insights on the
phylogeny and biogeography...
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Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Reptilia Superorder:
Lepidosauria Order:
Squamata Groups included Anguimorpha Dibamidae Gekkota Iguanomorpha...
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clade formed by
archosaurs and lepidosaurs), as the
sister branch to
Lepidosauria, the
clade containing lizards,
snakes and the tuatara.
Analyses based...
