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Encyclopedia > Lepidosauria
Lepidosauria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Lepidosauria
Orders

Sphenodontia
Squamata
Eosuchia Conservation status: Fossil

The Lepidosauria are a subclass of reptiles comprising the orders :

Lepidosaurians are the most successful of modern reptiles. They comprise all the reptiles with overlapping scales such as the tuataras, amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes.


External links

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Lepidosauria.html


  Results from FactBites:
 
Palaeos Vertebrates 230 Rhynchocephalia: References (102 words)
Reynoso, V-H (1996), A Middle Jurassic Sphenodon-like sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Reynoso, V-H (1997), A "beaded" sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Central Mexico.
Sues, H-D, NH Shubin and PE Olsen (1994), A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the McCoy Brook Formation (Lower Jurasic) of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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