Rhynchocephalia
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
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; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Sphenodontidae – family; †Gephyrosaurus – genus
Coordinate terms
References
Rhynchocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhynchocephalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Sphenodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rhynchocephalia at Paleobiology Database
- 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI
