Plesiosauria
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Translingual
Etymology
From Plesiosaurus + -ia.
Proper noun
†Plesiosauria
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – the plesiosaurs.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; 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 
Category:Plesiosauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Plesiosauria at Paleobiology Database
