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    The Lepidosauria (/ˌlɛpɪdoʊˈsɔːriə/, from Greek 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...
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    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,...
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    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the K–T extinction, was the mass 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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    clade formed by archosaurs and lepidosaurs), as the sister branch to Lepidosauria, the clade containing lizards, snakes and the tuatara. Analyses based...
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    now-extinct members of the order Rhynchocephalia, belong to the superorder Lepidosauria, the only surviving taxon within Lepidosauromorpha along with the order...
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    Paleontology portal Apesteguia RO, Rougier GW (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: new insights on the phylogeny and biogeography...
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  • This list of nicknamed non-dinosaur fossils is a list of non-dinosaurian fossil specimens given informal names or nicknames, in addition to their institutional...
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    the neodiapsid subclade Sauria, defined as the last common ancestor of Lepidosauria (which includes lizards, snakes and the tuatara), and Archosauria (which...
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    There is only one known land reptile species native to Ireland, the viviparous or common lizard. It appears to have a widespread distribution across the...
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    Lepidosauromorpha Lepidosauria  Archosauromorpha with Archelosauria ...
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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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    Chordata Clade: Sauropsida Class: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 Extant groups Lepidosauria Rhynchocephalia (tuatara) Squamata (lizards and snakes) Archelosauria...
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    (1995). "First record of the early mesozoic sphenodontian clevosaurus (lepidosauria: rhynchocephalia) from the southern hemisphere". Journal of Paleontology...
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    †Kuehneosauridae Lepidosauria...
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    teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459 (1): 156. Gray JE (1827). "A Synopsis of the...
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  • turtle Genus Pelochelys Genus Pelodiscus Genus Rafetus Genus Trionyx The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) are reptiles with overlapping scales...
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    Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa. 3459: 1–156. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1. Pompeu...
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    Pan-Lepidosauria/ Lepidosauromorpha Archelosauria/ Archosauromorpha s. l....
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    early morphological phylogenetic studies have placed turtles closer to Lepidosauria (tuataras, lizards, and snakes) than to Archosauria (crocodilians and...
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    The Angeac-Charente bonebed is a fossil deposit located near Angeac-Charente in western France. It dates to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous...
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    Simple phylogeny with Reptilia highlighted in green: Iguanians are within Lepidosauria....
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    Mammalia: monotremes, marsupials, placentals,and †multituberculates Lepidosauria: tuataras and lizards (including amphisbaenians and snakes) Testudines:...
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    Teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa. 3459: 1–156.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple...
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    Hans-Dieter; Sobral, Gabriela (2024-03-16). "A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for...
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  • "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 208...
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    †Sophineta Lepidosauria...
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