Translingual

Proper noun

Tetrapoda

1. A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – the tetrapods.^[1]

Hypernyms

• (superclass): Animalia - kingdom; (Eumetazoa - subkingdom;) Bilateria - subkingdom, Nephrozoa - clade; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum (≈ Chordata Craniata - clade); Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum

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]

References

1. 1 2 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