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    SUBCLASS ARCHOSAURIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodontsplay

    Synonyms:

    Archosauria; subclass Archosauria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("subclass Archosauria" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "subclass Archosauria"):

    archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

    genus Saurosuchus; Saurosuchus; genus Proterochampsa; Proterochampsa (early archosaurian carnivore)

    Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)

    order Ornithischia; Ornithischia (extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods))

    order Saurischia; Saurischia (extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous))

    order Pterosauria; Pterosauria (extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs)

    order Thecodontia; Thecodontia (extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic)

    Ichthyosauria; order Ichthyosauria (extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs)

    order Sauropterygia; Sauropterygia (extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs)

    Holonyms ("subclass Archosauria" is a member of...):

    class Reptilia; Reptilia (class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals)

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