Amniota

See also: amniota

Translingual

Amniota tree

Proper noun

Amniota

A taxonomic clade within the clade Reptiliomorpha – the most recent common ancestor of extant mammals and reptiles, and all its descendants; the reptiles, birds and mammals, collectively, all of which have an amnion during development.

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass

Hyponyms

(clade): Reptilia - class; Synapsidomorpha - clade

See also

Anamnia

References

Amniote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amniota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amniota at the Tree of Life Web Project
Amniota at Encyclopedia of Life

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