Classification of Reptilla

(Based upon Zoological Record Volume 138 with modifications taken from the scheme prepared by Peter Uetz and presented by Donald L. Blanchard)

Dinosaurs are classified as reptiles. A reptile is a cold-blooded, scaly, four-legged animal that lays eggs on land. Two formal orders: Saurischia (or lizard-hip) and Ornithischia (or bird-hip) encompass the creatures that have traditionally been called dinosaurs. Typically discussed alongside them as part of the great Age of Reptiles are the order Pterosauria (flying reptiles) and the subclass Euryapsida (great swimming reptiles). All of the animals in Genesis Park fit into the classification below.

Class Reptilia

Subclass Anapsida
  	Order Testudines (turtles)
  	  	 Suborder Cryptodira
			Family Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Emydidae (Pond Turtles/Box and Water Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
  			Family Dermatemydidae (River Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Kinosternidae (Mud and Musk Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Carettochelyidae (Pig-nose Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
  			Family Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Turtles)
  			Family Pelomedusidae (Afro-American Sideneck Turtles)
  	  	  	Family Chelidae (Austro-American Sideneck Turtles) 

Subclass Lepidosauria
  	Order Rhynchocephalia
  	  	Suborder Sphenodontida
  	  	  	Family Sphenodontidae (Tuataras)
	Order Squamata ("scaled reptiles")
		Suborder Sauria (lizards)
		 	Family Agamidae (Agamas)
			Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
			Family Iguanidae (Iguanas and Spinytail Iguanas)
			Family Corytophanidae (Casquehead Lizards)
			Family Crotaphytidae (Collared and Leopard Lizards)
			Family Hoplocercidae
			Family Opluridae (Madagascar iguanids)
			Family Phrynosomatidae (Earless, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched and Horned Lizards)
			Family Polychrotidae (Anoles)
			Family Tropiduridae (Neotropical Ground Lizards)
  			Family Gekkonidae (Geckoes)
	  	  	Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckoes)
  	  		Family Pygopodidae (Legless Lizards)
  	  		Family Dibamidae (Blind Lizards)
			Family Cordylidae (Spinytail Lizards)
  	  		Family Gerrhosauridae
  	  		Family Gymnophthalmidae (Spectacled Lizards)
	  	  	Family Teiidae (Whiptails and Tegus)
  		  	Family Lacertidae (Wall Lizards)
  	  		Family Scincidae (Skinks)
	  	  	Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
			Family Anguidae (Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards; Lateral Fold Lizards)
	  	  	Family Anniellidae (American Legless lizards)
  		  	Family Xenosauridae (Knob-scaled Lizards)
			Family Helodermatidae (Gila Monsters)
  	  		Family Lanthanotidae (Earless Monitor lizards)
	  	  	Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
			Family Mosasauridae (Great Mososaus Sea Lizards)
		Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
			Family Anomalepidae (Dawn Blind Snakes)
	  	  	Family Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes)
  		  	Family Leptotyphlopidae/Glauconiidae (Slender Blind Snakes)
		  	Family Aniliidae/Ilysiidae (Pipe Snakes)
		  	Family Anomochilidae (Dwarf Pipe Snakes)
		  	Family Boidae (Boas and Pythons)
		  	Family Bolyeridae (Round Island Boas)
		  	Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
		  	Family Loxocemidae (Mexican Burrowing Pythons)
		  	Family Tropidophiidae (Woodsnakes, Round Island "Boas ")
		  	Family Uropeltidae (Short-tail Snakes)
		  	Family Xenopeltidae (Sunbeam Snakes)
		  	Family Acrochordidae (File Snakes)
		  	Family Atractaspididae (Mole Vipers)
		  	Family Colubridae (Colubrids)
		  	Family Elapidae (Cobras, Kraits, Coral Snakes)
		  	Family Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes)
		  	Family Viperidae (Vipers and Pit Vipers)
		Suborder Amphisbaenia (amphisbaenians)
			Family Amphisbaenidae (Worm Lizards)
			Family Trogonophidae (Shorthead Worm Lizards)
			Family Bipedidae (Two-legged Worm Lizards)

Subclass Archosauria
	Order Thecodontia
	Order Saurischia (“Lizard-hipped” Dinosaurs)
		Suborder Theropoda (Bipedal Dinosaurs, Mostly Carnivorous)
		Suborder Sauropodomorpha (Long-necked Herbivorous Dinosaurs)
	Order Ornithischia (“Bird-hipped” Dinosaurs)
		Suborder Ornithopoda (Bipedal Herbivorous Dinosaurs)
		Suborder Stegosauria
		Suborder Ankylosauria
		Suborder Ceratopsia
	Order Pterosauria
		Suborder Rhamphorhynchoidea	(Long-tailed Pterosaurs)
		Suborder Pterodactyloidea (Short-tailed Pterosaurs with a Bony Headcrest)
	Order Crocodylia
		Suborder Protosuchi
		Suborder Archaeosuchia
		Suborder Mesosuchia
		Suborder Sebecosuchia
		Suborder Eusuchia
			Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
			Family Dolichochampsidae
			Family Hylaeochampsidae
			Family Mekosuchidae
			Family Stomatosuchidae
			Family Tomistomidae
			Family Gavialidae (Gharials and False Gharials)
			Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)

Subclass Euryapsida (Synaptosauria)
	Order Araeoscelidia (Protorosauria)
	Order Sauropterygia (Nothosaurs and Plesiosaurs)
	Order Placodontia
	Order Ichthyosauria 

Subclass Synapsida (Mammal-like Reptiles)
	Order Pelycosauria
	Order Therapsida