Rhynchocephalia
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Proper noun
[edit]Rhynchocephalia
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – lizard-like reptiles including only two extant species of tuataras of New Zealand and their numerous extinct relatives.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata – clade; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Sphenodontidae – family; †Gephyrosaurus – genus
Coordinate terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Rhynchocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rhynchocephalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sphenodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Rhynchocephalia at Paleobiology Database
- 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI