- Lepidosauria
Taxobox
name = Lepidosaurians
fossil_range =Triassic - Recent
image_width = 225px
image_caption = ACoachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis =Diapsida
infraclassis =Lepidosauromorpha
superordo = Lepidosauria
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
*Squamata
*Sphenodontia The Lepidosauria are
reptile s with overlapping scales. They include thetuatara s,lizard s,snake s andamphisbaenia ns. Lepidosaurians are the most successful of modern reptiles.Lepidosauria is a superorder of Sauropsida and comprises the orders :
*Squamata
*Sphenodontia /Rhynchocephalia External links
* http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Lepidosauria.html
* [http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/benton/vertclass.html#reptiles Reptile taxonomy, Benton 2004]
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Reptilia/Lepidosauromorpha/Lepidosauriformes.htm Lepidosaur phylogeny]
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