Tetrapoda

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Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”) + New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of -pod-, -pous having (such or so many) feet.

Proper noun

Tetrapoda

A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – all tetrapods.

Hypernyms

(superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum

Hyponyms

(superclass): Amphibia - class, Reptiliomorpha - clade
- In traditional grouping of tetrapods were Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia, and †Synapsida (now all in Reptilomorpha)

or

(superclass): Amphibia, Mammalia, Reptilia - classes

Coordinate terms

(superclass): Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), Sarcopterygii

References

Tetrapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tetrapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tetrapoda at the Tree of Life Web Project

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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