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

External links

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