Crocodilia

See also: crocodilia

Translingual

Crocodylus johnsoni
(Australian freshwater crocodile)

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin crocodilus (from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Crocodilia

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – the alligatorids, caimans, crocodiles, and gavials.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Crocodylomorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Eusuchia (extant suborder)
- Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae - extant families
†Mesosuchia, †Protosuchia, †Sebecosuchia, †Sphenosuchia, †Thalattosuchia (extinct suborders)

References

Crocodilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Crocodilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Crocodilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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