Lissamphibia

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + ἀμφίβια (amphíbia), nominative neuter plural of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios, “two types of life”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”). === Proper noun === Lissamphibia A taxonomic subclass within the class Amphibia – recent (early Mesozoic to present) amphibia. ==== Usage notes ==== Lissamphibia has previously been used to include all extant amphibians, while excluding the main Paleozoic tetrapod groups. There is debate as to whether it constitutes a clade. Some writers argue that Gerobatrachus hottoni (early Permian) belongs in Lissamphibia. For more details, see Lissamphibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Hypernyms ==== (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class ==== Hyponyms ==== (subclass): Anura (frogs), Gymnophiona (caecilians), Caudata / Urodela (salamanders) (orders) †Allocaudata (extinct order) === References === Lissamphibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Lissamphibia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Lissamphibia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons