Tetrapoda

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”) + New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of -pod-, -pous having (such or so many) feet.

Proper noun

Tetrapoda

1. A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – all tetrapods.

Hypernyms

• (superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum

Hyponyms

• (superclass): Amphibia - class, Reptiliomorpha - clade
  • In traditional grouping of tetrapods were Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia, and †Synapsida (now all in Reptilomorpha)

or

• (superclass): Amphibia, Mammalia, Reptilia - classes

Coordinate terms

• (superclass): Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), Sarcopterygii

References

• Tetrapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetrapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tetrapoda at the Tree of Life Web Project