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Neodiapsida

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reptilenoun(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.
dinosauromorphaa clade of avemetatarsalians (archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians) that includes the Dinosauria (dinosaurs) and some of their close relatives.
amniotenoun(biology) Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
neosuchiaa clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil relatives.
lepidosauromorpha(in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds).
archosauromorpha(Greek for "ruling lizard forms") a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes).
sauropodaSauropoda, whose members are known as sauropods (from sauro- + -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs.
therapsidnounAny member of the order Therapsida
avemetatarsalia(meaning "bird metatarsals") a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all archosaurs more closely related to birds than to crocodilians.
sauriathe clade of diapsids containing the most recent common ancestor of Archosauria (which includes crocodilians and birds) and Lepidosauria (which includes squamates and the tuatara), and all its descendants.
reptiliomorpha(meaning reptile-shaped; in PhyloCode known as Pan-Amniota) a clade containing the amniotes and those tetrapods that share a more recent common ancestor with amniotes than with living amphibians (lissamphibians).
sphenacodontoideaa node-based clade that is defined to include the most recent common ancestor of Sphenacodontidae and Therapsida and its descendants (including mammals).
synapsidnounAny animal (all mammals) of the class Synapsida.
eureptilia("true reptiles") one of the two major subgroups of the clade Sauropsida, the other one being Parareptilia.
coelurosauria(from Greek, meaning "hollow-tailed lizards") the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs.
tyrannosauroidea(meaning 'tyrant lizard forms') a superfamily (or clade) of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that includes the family Tyrannosauridae as well as more basal relatives.
sauropodomorpha(from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives.
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epicynodontiaa clade of cynodont therapsids that includes most cynodonts, such as galesaurids, thrinaxodontids, and Eucynodontia (including mammals).
eupelycosauriaa large clade of animals characterized by the unique shape of their skull, encompassing all mammals and their closest extinct relatives.

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