Lepidosauromorpha is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (including crocodiles and birds). The only living sub-group is the Lepidosauria: extant lizards, snakes, and tuatara. They first appeared during the Late Permian.
Classification[]
- Subclass Diapsida
- Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha
- Acerosodontosaurus †[citation needed].
- Superorder Sauropterygia - Plesiosaurs †
- Lepidosauriformes
- Order Eolacertilia †
- Superorder Lepidosauria
- Order Sphenodontia - Tuatara
- Order Squamata
- Suborder Lacertilia* - Lizards
- Family Mosasauridae
- Suborder Serpentes - Snakes
- Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards
- Suborder Lacertilia* - Lizards
- Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha