Parareptilia

Extinct subclass of reptiles

Parareptilia ("near-reptiles") is an extinct subclass of basal sauropsids ("reptiles"). Traditionally considered the sister taxon to Eureptilia (the group that likely contains all living reptiles and birds), its validity as a monophyletic clade has been disputed by modern cladistic analyses. "Parareptiles" first arose near the end of the Carboniferous period and achieved their highest diversity during the Permian period.

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