Plesiosauria

Translingual

Etymology

From Plesiosaurus +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

†Plesiosauria

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – the plesiosaurs.

Hypernyms

(order): Tetrapoda - Superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota - clades; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; †Sauropterygia - superorder

Hyponyms

(infraorder): Plesiosauroidea, Pliosauroidea - suborders; incertae sedis

References

Plesiosauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plesiosauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Plesiosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sauropterygia at the Tree of Life Web Project
Plesiosauria at Fossilworks

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