HyperDic: order_sauropterygia

English > 1 sense of the expression order Sauropterygia:
NOUNanimalorder Sauropterygia, Sauropterygiaextinct marine reptiles
English > order Sauropterygia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningExtinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs.
SynonymSauropterygia
Member ofArchosauria, subclass ArchosauriaA large subclass of diapsid reptiles including
MembersNothosauria, suborder NothosauriaA suborder of Sauropterygia
Plesiosauria, suborder PlesiosauriaAny of the plesiosaurs
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishsauropterigios
CatalanSauropterigi, sauropterigis, Sauropterygia

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