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Eupelycosauria
Eupelycosauria
Translingual
Proper noun
Eupelycosauria
- A taxonomic suborder within the superclass Tetrapoda - pelycosaurs. [1982]
- A taxonomic clade within the superclass Tetrapoda – synapsids, including most pelycosaurs, as well as all therapsids and mammals. [1997]
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Synapsida - clades
Hyponyms
- (clade): †Edaphosauridae, †Ophiacodontidae, †Varanopidae - families; Sphenacodontia - clade