Lacertilia
paraphyletic group of squamate reptiles, no longer recognised as a valid suborder
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Summary
Lacertilia is a taxon[1]. Lacertilia ranks in the top 0.21% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,373 views/month, #419 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: paraphyletic group[3]
- Taxon rank: suborder[4]
- Parent taxon: Squamata[5]
- Taxon name: Lacertilia[6]
- Subclass of: Reptilia[7]
- Commons category: Lizards[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lizards[9]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Otto's encyclopedia[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[19]
- Different from: Sauria[20]
- Studied by: saurology[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
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Identifiers
Lacertilia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85552[23]. Lacertilia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173862[24].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Lacertilia include Spinosaurus[25], a fossil taxon[26].
Why It Matters
Lacertilia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Lacertilia is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Lacertilia include Spinosaurus[25], a fossil taxon[26].