Reptilia

See also: reptilia

Translingual

Etymology

Derived from Latin reptilis (“creeping”)

Proper noun

Reptilia

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – reptiles.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (class): Parareptilia (includes turtles and tortoises), Eureptilia (includes all other extant reptiles) - clades
• (class (per Ruggiero et al)): Aves (birds), Squamata (lizards and snakes), Crocodylomorpha (crocodiles etc), Rhynchocephalia (extinct, except for tuataras), Testudinata (turtles etc) - subclasses

Coordinate terms

• (class): Synapsidomorpha (includes mammals and mammal-like reptiles) - clade

References

• Reptilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reptilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Reptilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Reptilia at the Tree of Life Web Project