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[redigera] Sauria eller Lacertilia

Jag kan inget om ödlesystematik men så här står det på engelska Wikipedia angående taxonet Sauria:

"Sauria is a clade of reptiles that includes all living diapsids, as well as their common ancestor and all its extinct descendants. The ancestral saurian was probably a small lizard-like creature living in the Permian Period. This crown group is diagnosed by a number of details in skull and skeleton, and comprises the two important clades Lepidosauromorpha and Archosauromorpha.

The term "Sauria" has previously been used as a synonym of (Lacertilia), a suborder of Squamata that includes all lizards but excludes snakes. This classification is rarely used today because as Sauria so-defined is a paraphyletic group." Se här

...och tyska wikipedia har också det vetenskapliga namnet Lacertilia på underordningen ödlor (men de redirectra även Sauria till artikeln).

Borde vi byta vetenskapligt namn? --AHA 22 november 2006 kl. 08.29 (CET)