The first fossils of geckos, skinks and snakes appear in the Middle Jurassic. Other groups like iguanians and varanoids appeared in the Cretaceous.
Classically, the order is divided into three suborders: Lacertilia, the lizards;; Serpentes, the snakes;; Amphisbaenia, the worm lizards. Of these, the lizards form a ...
Squamates are the largest order of reptiles with nearly 9,500 species consisting of all extant lizards, worm lizards, and snakes. Squamata translates to "scaled ...
The Patagonian fossil record within Squamata includes fossils of extant families and genera, as well as of extinct forms. Both types of fossils ...
and fossil taxa assert that the primary split in the crown-group Squamata was between
But the origin of squamates has long been an enigma. The order belongs to a larger group called lepidosaurs, a category that also includes a ...
The longest-known squamate, a fossil called Mosasaurus, was about 56 feet and probably weighed about ...
A fossil Diploglossus (Squamata, Anguidae) lizard from Basse-Terre
Article. Paleontology · Fossil reptiles; Squamata.
The orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynochocephalia, and Proterosauria.--pt. 2. The orders Ichthyopterygia and ...