Archelosauria
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Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archelosauria canonical | 1 |
| Archelosauria clade | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
reptile clade ⓘ vertebrate clade ⓘ |
| basedOn | shared evolutionary ancestry ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Lepidosauria ⓘ |
| definedAs | clade including the last common ancestor of turtles and archosaurs and all its descendants ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
excludes lepidosaurs such as lizards and snakes
ⓘ
shared genomic synapomorphies of turtles and archosaurs ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Archelosauria
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Archelosauria clade
|
| hasExtantMembers | true ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecord | true ⓘ |
| hasMemberLineage |
avian dinosaurs
ⓘ
crocodylomorphs ⓘ non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Amniota ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
archosaurs
ⓘ
birds ⓘ crocodilians ⓘ living crocodilians ⓘ living turtles ⓘ modern birds ⓘ turtles ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Archosauria
ⓘ
Testudines ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| language | en ⓘ |
| partOf | crown-group Reptilia ⓘ |
| phylogeneticPosition | major lineage within reptiles ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sisterClade | Lepidosauria ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
genomic data
ⓘ
molecular phylogenetic evidence ⓘ morphological data ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| temporalRange | at least early Mesozoic to Recent ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | Sauropsida ⓘ |
| usedIn |
reptile systematics
ⓘ
vertebrate phylogenetics ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archelosauria clade