Sauria

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros) or σαύρα (saúra, “lizard, reptile”) and -ia; coined in French as Sauriens by Alexandre Brongniart (1799).

Proper noun

Sauria

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Squamata – the lizards.

Usage notes

• Sauria (lizards) is a paraphyletic group, therefore being obsolete in modern taxonomy; "lizard" is now defined as any squamate that is not a snake or mosasauroid.

• Sauria has also been used as a taxon that includes all modern reptiles and many similar extinct ones, but it has not been used with a consistent placement (hypernym) or circumscription (hyponymy).

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order/order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Iguania, Gekkota, Scincomorpha, Diploglossa, Platynota - infraorders (orders in some modern classifications)

Descendants

• English: saurian

References

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