Archosauria
Translingual
Etymology
Coined in 1869 by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.
Proper noun
Archosauria
- A taxonomic clade within the class Reptilia – archosaurs, including birds, crocodilians, dinosaurs, their ancestors and extinct close relatives.
Usage notes
- Variously ranked as class, subclass, infraclass, and order.
- Taxonomic names and relationships in this area are subject to change due to active research.
Synonyms
- (clade in Reptilia): Avesuchia
Hypernyms
- (clade in Reptilia): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Reptilia - class; Crocopoda, Archosauriformes, Eucrocopoda - clades
Hyponyms
- (clade in Reptilia): Avemetatarsalia (~ Ornithodira, birds and their extinct relatives, including pterosaurs (Pterosauromorpha) and dinosaurs (Dinosauria)), Pseudosuchia (crocodiles and their extinct relatives) - clades
References
- “Archosauria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Archosauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Archosauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Archosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Archosauria at Paleobiology Database
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