Saurischia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).

Proper noun

Saurischia

A taxonomic order within the superorder Dinosauria – a major division of the dinosaurs, ancestral to birds (Aves).

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; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Prosauropoda, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda

See also

References

Saurischia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saurischia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Saurischia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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