Sauria

Translingual Etymology From mul grc σαῦρος or grc σαύρα lizard, reptile and mul -ia; coined in French as fr Sauriens by Alexandre Brongniart (1799). Proper noun mul obsolete suborder order Squamata the lizards Usage notes Sauria (lizards) is a paraphyletic group, therefore being obsolete in modern taxonomy; "lizard" is now defined as any squamate that is not a snake or mosasauroid. Sauria has also been used as a taxon that includes all modern reptiles and many similar extinct ones, but it has not been used with a consistent placement (hypernym) or circumscription (hyponymy). Hypernyms suborder /order Hyponyms suborder Iguania suborder, Gekkota suborder, Scincomorpha suborder, Diploglossa suborder, Platynota suborder suborders (orders or infraorders in some modern classifications) Descendants en saurian References 1