The PEDIGREE of
Class Sauropsida

     aka Class Reptilia (though 'Reptiles' excluding Birds is not a valid monophyletic taxon)
 "Child(ren)":       Subclass Anapsida   ;   Clade Romeriida
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/-- Superphylum Planulozoa   +====> [ 59]
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   | or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum of Deuterostomes
/-- Phylum Chordata  (540 M BC - ?)
/-- Clade Craniata
/-- Subphylum Vertebrata  (510 M BC - ?)
/-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata
/-- Microphylum Teleostomi
/-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
/-- Class Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned Fishes)
/-- Clade of Rhipidistia
/-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
/-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
/-- Microphylum Amniota
/  
- Class Sauropsida
 

  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Turtle)   ;   Order Squamata (scaled reptiles)   ;   Superorder Crocodylomorpha (Crurotarsi)   ;   Superclass Ornithodira
 
  (poss.) ``8-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra snake)   ;   Subfamily Boinae (True Boas)   ;   Genus Python   ;   Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   ;   Genus Alligator (some alligators)   ;   Clade Coelurosauria (Feathered Theropods)
 

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