Crocodilia
See also: crocodilia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin crocodilus (from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)) + -ia
Proper noun
Crocodilia
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – crocodilians; crocodiles, alligators, gavials and caiman.
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 (alligators and caimans), Crocodylidae (crocodiles), Gavialidae (gavials) – extant families
References
- Crocodilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Crocodilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category: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. PMID 25923521, →DOI