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Sauria

🔄 Synonyms of "Sauria"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lacertilianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
suborder lacertilianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
suborder saurianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sauria"

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Word	Definition
lacertilianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
suborder lacertilianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
suborder saurianoun	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
dinosauromorpha	a clade of avemetatarsalians (archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians) that includes the Dinosauria (dinosaurs) and some of their close relatives.
sauropoda	Sauropoda, whose members are known as sauropods (from sauro- + -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs.
crurotarsi	a clade of archosauriform reptiles that includes crocodilians and stem-crocodilians and possibly bird-line archosaurs too if the extinct, crocodile-like phytosaurs are more distantly related to crocodiles than traditionally thought.
ceratosauria	Ceratosaurs are members of the clade Ceratosauria, a group of dinosaurs defined as all theropods sharing a more recent common ancestor with Ceratosaurus than with birds.
neosuchia	a clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil 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.
archosaurnoun	A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.
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).
tyrannosauroidea	(meaning 'tyrant lizard forms') a superfamily (or clade) of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that includes the family Tyrannosauridae as well as more basal relatives.
coelurosauria	(from Greek, meaning "hollow-tailed lizards") the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs.
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).
archelosauria	a clade grouping turtles and archosaurs (birds and crocodilians) and their fossil relatives, to the exclusion of lepidosaurs (the clade containing lizards, snakes and the tuatara).
avemetatarsalia	(meaning "bird metatarsals") a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all archosaurs more closely related to birds than to crocodilians.
crocodyliformes	a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians".
sphenacodontoidea	a node-based clade that is defined to include the most recent common ancestor of Sphenacodontidae and Therapsida and its descendants (including mammals).
maniraptoromorpha	—
cerapoda	—