Amniota
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See also: amniota
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From New Latin amnion (“membrane around the fetus”) + -ota.
Proper noun
[edit]Amniota
- A taxonomic clade within the clade Reptiliomorpha – the most recent common ancestor of extant mammals and reptiles, and all its descendants; the reptiles, birds and mammals, collectively, all of which have an amnion during development.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass
Hyponyms
[edit]- (clade): Reptilia - class; Synapsidomorpha - clade
See also
[edit]References
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Amniote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Amniota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Tetrapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons