Crocodilia
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See also: crocodilia
Translingual[edit]
(Australian freshwater crocodile)
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Latin crocodilus (from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)) + -ia
Proper noun[edit]
Crocodilia
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – alligatorids, caimans, crocodiles, and gavials.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (order): Eusuchia (extant suborder)
- Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae - extant families
- †Mesosuchia, †Protosuchia, †Sebecosuchia, †Sphenosuchia, †Thalattosuchia (extinct suborders)
References[edit]
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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
