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Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylomorpha
Translingual
Proper noun
Crocodylomorpha
- The modern crocodilians and their extinct relatives
- A taxonomic superorder within the division Archosauria.
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota - clades; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Crurotarsi - subdivision
- (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; [[Tetrapoda[[ - superclass; Reptilia - class
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Crocodilia - order
- (subclass): Crocodylia - order
References
- 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