Tetrapoda

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek τέτταρες ‎(téttares), τέσσαρες ‎(téssares, “four”) + New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of -pod-, -pous having (such or so many) feet.

Proper noun

Tetrapoda

A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – the tetrapods.

Hypernyms

(superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum[1]

Hyponyms

(superclass): Amphibia - class, Reptiliomorpha - clade
- In traditional grouping of tetrapods were Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia, and †Synapsida (now all in Reptilomorpha)

or

(superclass): Amphibia, Mammalia, Reptilia - classes[1]

Coordinate terms

(superclass): Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), Sarcopterygii[1]

References

Tetrapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tetrapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tetrapoda at the Tree of Life Web Project

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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[Ruggiero-1] 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521