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.

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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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cryptodira infraclass Archelosauria
Archelosauria hasCommonName Archelosauria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Archelosauria clade