Sauria

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

A taxonomic suborder within the order Squamata – the lizards.

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

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