Archosauria

Translingual

Etymology

Coined in 1869 by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.

Proper noun

Archosauria

A taxonomic clade within the class Reptilia – the archosaurs, including birds, crocodilians, dinosaurs, their ancestors and extinct close relatives.

Usage notes

Variously ranked as class, subclass, infraclass, and order.
Taxonomic names and relationships in this area are subject to change due to active research.

Synonyms

(clade in Reptilia): Avesuchia

Hypernyms

(clade in Reptilia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Reptilia - class; Crocopoda, Archosauriformes, Eucrocopoda - clades

Hyponyms

(clade in Reptilia): Avemetatarsalia (~ Ornithodira, birds and their extinct relatives, including pterosaurs (Pterosauromorpha) and dinosaurs (Dinosauria)), Pseudosuchia (crocodiles and their extinct relatives) - clades

References

Archosauria at OneLook Dictionary Search
Archosauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Archosauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Archosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Archosauria at Fossilworks

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