Reptilia

See also: reptilia

Translingual

Etymology

Derived from Latin reptilis (“creeping”).

Proper noun

Reptilia

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – reptiles.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass

Hyponyms

• (class): Parareptilia (includes turtles and tortoises), Eureptilia (includes all other extant reptiles) – clades
• (class (per Ruggiero et al)): Aves (birds), Squamata (lizards and snakes), Crocodylomorpha (crocodiles, alligators, etc), Rhynchocephalia (tuataras), Testudinata (turtles) – subclasses

Coordinate terms

• (class): Synapsidomorpha (includes mammals and mammal-like reptiles) – clade

References

• Reptilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reptilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Reptilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Reptilia at the Tree of Life Web Project