- 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
worlds 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
Bengal monitor (Var**** bengalensis), also
called the
Indian monitor, is a
monitor lizard distributed widely in the
Indian Subcontinent, as well as...
- The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg)
extinction event, also
known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a
sudden m****
extinction of three-quarters...
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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...
- 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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Reptiles are
tetrapod animals in the
class Reptilia,
comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and
their extinct...
- (1995). "First
record of the
early mesozoic sphenodontian clevosaurus (
lepidosauria: rhynchocephalia) from the
southern hemisphere".
Journal of Paleontology...
