Desmostylia
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “bundle”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + -ia
Proper noun
†Desmostylia
- A taxonomic order within the infraclass Placentalia – two families of extinct marine mammals.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Placentalia - clade
Hyponyms
- (order): †Desmostylidae, †Paleoparadoxiidae - families
References
- Desmostylia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmostylia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Desmostylia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons