Lepidosauria

Lepidosaurus; Rentang waktu: ; Middle Triassic - Saat ini, 240–0 jtyl PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Klad:	Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo:	Lepidosauria; Haeckel, 1866
Ordo
	Rhynchocephalia; Squamata;

Lepidosauria (dari bahasa Yunani yang berarti kadal bersisik) adalah reptil dengan sisik tumpang tindih. Subkelas ini meliputi Squamata dan Rhynchocephalia. Ini adalah kelompok monofiletik dan karena itu berisi semua keturunan dari nenek moyang yang sama.^[2] Squamata termasuk ular, kadal, dan amphisbaenia.^[3] Rhynchocephalia adalah kelompok luas dan beragam 220-100 juta tahun yang lalu;^[4] namun, hal itu sekarang diwakili hanya oleh genus Sphenodon, yang berisi dua spesies tuatara, asli Selandia Baru.^[5]^[6] Lepidosauria adalah takson saudari dari Archosauria, yang meliputi Aves dan Crocodilia. Kadal dan ular adalah kelompok yang paling banyak spesiesnya dari Lepidosauria dan, dikombinasikan, mengandung lebih dari 9.000 spesies.^[7] Ada banyak perbedaan morfologi yang membedakan kadal, tuatara, dan ular.

The foot of a skink, showing lepidosaurs' characteristic overlapping scales

Referensi

^ Jones, M. E.; Anderson, C.; Hipsley, C. A.; Müller, J.; Evans, S. E.; Schoch, R. R. (2013). "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 208. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208.
^ Evans, S.E., Jones, M.E.H. 2010. The Origin, early history and diversification of lepidosauromorph reptiles. In Bandyopadhyay S. (ed.), "New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity, 27 Lecture Notes," in Earth Sciences 132, 27-44. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10311-7_2
^ Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ: A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:93.
^ Jones, M.E.H. 2009. Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). Frontiers of Oral Biology 13: 9–15.
^ Hay, J.M., Sarre, S.D., Lambert, D.M., Allendorf, F.W., and Daugherty, C.H. 2010. Genetic diversity and taxonomy:a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation Genetics 11:1063-1081.
^ Jones, M.E.H., Cree, A. 2012. Tuatara. Current Biology 22: 986–987 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.049
^ Uetz P (2010) The original descriptions of reptiles. 'Zootaxa' 2334: 59-68.

Pranala luar

[triassic_origin-1] Jones, M. E.; Anderson, C.; Hipsley, C. A.; Müller, J.; Evans, S. E.; Schoch, R. R. (2013). "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 208. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208.

[2] Evans, S.E., Jones, M.E.H. 2010. The Origin, early history and diversification of lepidosauromorph reptiles. In Bandyopadhyay S. (ed.), "New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity, 27 Lecture Notes," in Earth Sciences 132, 27-44. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10311-7_2

[3] Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ: A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:93.

[4] Jones, M.E.H. 2009. Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). Frontiers of Oral Biology 13: 9–15.

[5] Hay, J.M., Sarre, S.D., Lambert, D.M., Allendorf, F.W., and Daugherty, C.H. 2010. Genetic diversity and taxonomy:a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation Genetics 11:1063-1081.

[6] Jones, M.E.H., Cree, A. 2012. Tuatara. Current Biology 22: 986–987 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.049

[7] Uetz P (2010) The original descriptions of reptiles. 'Zootaxa' 2334: 59-68.

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