Lepidosauromorphs Fossil range: Late Permian - Recent
A Plumed Basilisk
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha Benton, 1983
Orders
Thalattosauriformes † Placodontia † Nothosauroidea † Plesiosauria † Eolacertilia † Sphenodontia Squamata

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.

[edit] 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

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