Sauropsid

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Sauropsids
Fossil range: Late Carboniferous - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Sauropsida/Reptilia
Goodrich, 1916

Sauropsids are a diverse group of vertebrate animals. Most of them lay eggs. The Sauropsida includes all modern and most extinct "reptiles", but excludes synapsids. Living sauropsids include lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles, and birds. Extinct sauropsids include non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and many others.