Sauria

Clockwise from top right: Dinemellia dinemelli, Styracosaurus albertensis & Scolosaurus cutleri, Chelonia mydas, Anurognathus ammoni, Alligator mississippiensis, Agkistrodon contortrix

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladi: Archosauromorpha – †Choristodera – Lepidosauromorpha
Genera incerta sedis: †Atopodentatus – †Baabdasaurus – †Schilleria

secundum Crawford et al., 2014

Cladus: Sauria
Cladi: Archelosauria – Lepidosauromorpha

secundum Ezcurra, 2016

Cladus: Sauria
Cladi: Archosauromorpha – †Choristodera – Lepidosauromorpha

Name

Sauria

References

• Crawford, N.G., Parham, J.F., Sellas, A.B., Faircloth, B.C., Glenn, T.C., Papenfuss, T.J., Henderson, J.B., Hansen, M.H. & Simison, W.B. "2015" [2014]. A phylogenomic analysis of turtles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83: 250–257. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.021 PDF Reference page. 
• Ezcurra, M.D. 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms. PeerJ 4: e1778. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1778 Reference page. 
• Arnold, E.N., Azar, D., Ineich, I. & Nel, A. 2002. The oldest reptile in amber: a 120 million year old lizard from Lebanon. Journal of zoology (London) 258: 7–10. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001152
• Barabanov, A.V. & Milto, K.D. 2017. An annotated type catalogue of the anguid, dibamid, scincid and varanid lizards in the Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae, Dibamidae, Scincidae and Varanidae). Zootaxa 4244(1): 65–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.3. . Reference page. 
• Castiglia, R., Annesi, F., Bezerra, A.M.R., Garcia, A.F. & Flores-Villela, O. 2010. Cytotaxonomy and DNA taxonomy of lizards (Squamata, Sauria) from a tropical dry forest in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico. Zootaxa 2508: 1–29. Preview (PDF).

Links

• Sauria – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Яшчаркі
čeština: Ještěři
Cymraeg: Madfall
Deutsch: Echsen
English: Lizards
español: Saurios
suomi: Liskot
français: Lézards
magyar: Gyíkok
հայերեն: Մողեսներ
italiano: Lucertole
日本語: トカゲ亜目
Nederlands: Hagedissen
norsk: Øgle
polski: Jaszczurki
português: Lagartos
русский: Ящерицы
svenska: Ödlor
ไทย: กิ้งก่า
Türkçe: Kertenkeleler
українська: Ящірки
vèneto: Ligaóra

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