Rhynchocephalia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Proper noun edit
Rhynchocephalia
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – lizard-like reptiles including only two extant species of tuataras of New Zealand and their numerous extinct relatives.
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Reptilia, Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Sphenodontidae - family; †Gephyrosaurus - genus
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
Rhynchocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhynchocephalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sphenodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rhynchocephalia at Paleology Database
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
