Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Laurasiatheria

1. A taxonomic superorder within the magnorder Epitheria – the carnivores, whales, bats, horses, pangolins, etc.

Hypernyms

• (magnorder): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates); Carnivora (land and sea carnivores); Cetacea (whales etc); Chiroptera (bats); †Cimolesta (extinct); †Condylarthra (extinct); †Creodonta (extinct); Insectivora (hedgehogs etc); †Mesonychia (extinct); Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates); Pholidota (pangolins); - orders