Lepidosaurians Fossil range: Triassic - Recent
A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder:	Lepidosauria
Orders
Squamata Sphenodontia

The Lepidosauria are reptiles with overlapping scales. They include the tuataras, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians. Lepidosaurians are the most successful of modern reptiles.

Lepidosauria is a superorder of Sauropsida and comprises the orders :

• Squamata
• Sphenodontia / Rhynchocephalia

[edit] External links

• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Lepidosauria.html
• Reptile taxonomy, Benton 2004
• Lepidosaur phylogeny