Translingual

Proper noun

Rhynchocephalia

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia – lizard-like reptiles including only two extant species of tuataras of New Zealand and their numerous extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): 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

• (subclass): Sphenodontida - order; †Gephyrosaurus - genus

Coordinate terms

• (subclass in Lepidosauromorpha): Squamata (snakes, lizards, etc)

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