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Lepidosauria

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Lepidosaurs
Temporal range: Triassic – Recent
A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
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Lepidosauria
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The Lepidosauria (Greek for scaled lizards) are reptiles with overlapping scales. They include the tuataras, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians.

Lepidosauria is a superorder of Sauropsida. It includes the orders :