Amniota

See also: amniota

Translingual

Amniota tree

Etymology

From New Latin amnion (“membrane around the fetus”) +‎ -ota.

Proper noun

Amniota

1. 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
• Category:Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons