superorder in English

noun
1
a taxonomic category that ranks above order and below class.
Moreover, each category can also have prefixes to create a higher grouping (super-), or lower (sub-, infra-) subdivisions. So now there is also superorder , suborder, infraorder, subgenus, and subspecies.

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1. Sometimes, the former are removed to form a monotypic superorder Ateleopodomorpha.

2. Crocodylomorpha has been given the rank of superorder in some 20th and 21st century studies.

3. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopterygii, which also includes pike and salmon, among others.

4. The Dahlgren system placed the Nymphaeales with the Piperales in superorder Nymphaeanae, within subclass Magnoliideae (dicotyledons).

5. The Blattodea and the mantises (order Mantodea) are now all considered part of the superorder Dictyoptera.

6. In traditional taxonomy, birds were considered a separate class that had evolved from dinosaurs, a distinct superorder.

7. The acarids may be separated into two superorders: Parasitiformes and Acariformes (in some classifications the order OpilioAcarida is considered a superorder, Opilioacariformes)

8. Class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Pyrginae → tribe Eudamini → genus Autochton → species Autochton itylus

9. Bonefishes (Albula spp.) are classified within the superorder Elopomorpha, which is comprised of over 1000 species that share a unique leptocephalus larval stage

10. Catfishes are related to the characins, carp, and minnows (order Cypriniformes) and may be placed with them in the superorder Ostariophysi

11. Early studies on wing venation homologies often assumed Neuropterida (the superorder comprising the orders Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, and Neuroptera: Snakeflies, Alderflies and dobsonflies, and

12. Batrachia A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs

13. Class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Rutelinae → tribe Anomalini → subtribe Anomalina → genus Anomala → species Anomala cupripes

14. Artiodactyla (cohort Ferungulata, superorder Paraxonia) The even-toed ungulates, an order of mammals that includes the camels, pigs, and ruminants, together with numerous extinct varieties

15. The Lissamphibia are traditionally divided into three orders, but an extinct salamander-like family, the Albanerpetontidae, is now considered part of Lissamphibia alongside the superorder Salientia.

16. The Amphipoda constitute an order of crustaceans closely related to the Isopoda (together in the superorder Peracarida) and more distantly related to the Decapoda (together in the subclass Eumalacostraca)

17. Mesonychians were long considered to be Creodonts, but have now been removed from that order and placed in three families (Mesonychidae, Hapalodectidae, and Triisodontidae), either within their own order, Mesonychia, or within the order Condylarthra as part of the cohort or superorder Laurasiatheria.Nearly all mesonychids are, on average, larger than most of the Paleocene and Eocene Creodonts