Lepidosauria
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The Lepidosauria is a superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia. Squamata, comprising lizards and snakes, contains over 9,000 species, making it by far the most specie
Lepidosauria Diversity
The quadrate bone is particularly elongated in snakes, to facilitate cranial kinesis
The foot of a skink, showing lepidosaurs' characteristic overlapping scales
Python (top) and rattlesnake (bottom) featuring pit organs for infrared sensing. Red arrows indicating pit organs and black arrows pointing to the nostrils
Lepidosauromorpha
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Lepidosauromorpha is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs. The only living sub-group is the Lepidosauria, which contains two subdivisions, Squamata, which c
Lepidosauria
…the sister taxon to Archelosauria, which includes Testudines (turtles), Aves (birds) and Crocodilia (crocodilians). Lepidosauria is encompassed by Lepidosauromorpha, a broader group defined as all reptiles (living or extinct) closer to lepidosaurs than to archosaurs. Lepidosauromorpha is thought to have split from…
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