Archosauria

Translingual

Etymology

Coined in 1869 by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.

Proper noun

Archosauria

1. A taxonomic clade within the class Reptilia – archosaurs, including birds, crocodilians, dinosaurs, their ancestors and extinct close relatives.

Usage notes

• Variously ranked as class, subclass, infraclass, and order.
• Taxonomic names and relationships in this area are subject to change due to active research.

Synonyms

• (clade in Reptilia): Avesuchia

Hypernyms

• (clade in Reptilia): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Reptilia - class; Crocopoda, Archosauriformes, Eucrocopoda - clades

Hyponyms

• (clade in Reptilia): Avemetatarsalia (~ Ornithodira, birds and their extinct relatives, including pterosaurs (Pterosauromorpha) and dinosaurs (Dinosauria)), Pseudosuchia (crocodiles and their extinct relatives) - clades

References

• “Archosauria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Archosauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Archosauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Archosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Archosauria at Paleobiology Database