Sauria
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros) or σαύρα (saúra, “lizard, reptile”) and -ia; coined in French as Sauriens by Alexandre Brongniart (1799).
Usage notes
- Sauria has also been used as a taxon that includes all modern reptiles and many similar extinct ones, but it has not been used with a consistent placement (hypernym) or circumscription (hyponymy).
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass/order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Iguania, Gekkota, Scincomorpha, Diploglossa, Platynota - infraorders (orders in some modern classifications)
Descendants
- English: saurian
References
- Sauria at the Tree of Life Web Project
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