Diapsida

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used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria

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However, four (or three if Euryapsida is sunk into Diapsida) subclasses remained more or less universal for non-specialist work throughout the 20th century. Source: Internet

However, mammals hail from the synapsids (which were once described as "mammal-like reptiles") and birds are descended from the dinosaurs (a group of Diapsida ), both of which are reptiles. Source: Internet

Those four subclasses were: * Anapsida – no fenestrae – cotylosaurs and Chelonia ( turtles and relatives) This taxonomy does not reflect modern molecular evidence, which places turtles within Diapsida. Source: Internet

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