Archosauria
Translingual
editEtymology
editCoined in 1869 by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.
Proper noun
editArchosauria
- A taxonomic clade within the class Reptilia – archosaurs, including birds, crocodilians, dinosaurs, their ancestors and extinct close relatives.
Usage notes
edit- Variously ranked as class, subclass, infraclass, and order.
- Taxonomic names and relationships in this area are subject to change due to active research.
Synonyms
edit- (clade in Reptilia): Avesuchia
Hypernyms
edit- (clade in Reptilia): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Reptilia - class; Crocopoda, Archosauriformes, Eucrocopoda - clades
Hyponyms
edit- (clade in Reptilia): Avemetatarsalia (~ Ornithodira, birds and their extinct relatives, including pterosaurs (Pterosauromorpha) and dinosaurs (Dinosauria)), Pseudosuchia (crocodiles and their extinct relatives) - clades
References
edit- “Archosauria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Archosauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Archosauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Archosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Archosauria at Paleobiology Database