Sauria
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros) or σαύρα (saúra, “lizard, reptile”) and -ia; coined in French as Sauriens by Alexandre Brongniart (1799).
Proper noun
Sauria
Usage notes
- Sauria has also been used as a taxon that includes all modern reptiles and many similar extinct ones, but it has not been used with a consistent placement (hypernym) or circumscription (hyponymy).
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order/order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Iguania, Gekkota, Scincomorpha, Diploglossa, Platynota - infraorders (orders in some modern classifications)
Descendants
- English: saurian
References
Sauria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sauria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Sauria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sauria at the Tree of Life Web Project
