Rhynchocephalia

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Proper noun

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

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Reptilia, Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Sphenodontidae - family; †Gephyrosaurus - genus

Coordinate terms

(order in Lepidosauromorpha): Squamata (snakes, lizards, etc)

References

Rhynchocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhynchocephalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sphenodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Rhynchocephalia at Fossilworks
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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