Eureptilia
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Eureptilia is one of the two major clades of the Sauropsida, the other being Anaspida or Parareptilia. The Eureptilia include not only all Diapsids, but also a number of primitive Permocarboniferous forms previously clasisfied under the Anaspida, in the old (no longer recognised) order "Cotylosauria".
Primitive Eureptilians were all small to smnallish, superficially lizard-like forms, that no doubt scurried through the Paleozoic undergrowth in search of insects.
The Diapsids are the only eureptilian clade to continue beyond the Permian period.
The clade is defined by the skull having greatly reduced supraoccipital, tabular, and supratemporal bones that are no longer in contact with the postorbital.
External links
- Eureptilia examples of some Permian species
- Eureptilia
