Saurischia
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).
Proper noun
Saurischia
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Dinosauria – a major division of the dinosaurs, ancestral to birds (Aves).
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Prosauropoda, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda
See also
References
Saurischia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Saurischia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Saurischia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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