Archelosauria
E390822
Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archelosauria canonical | 1 |
| Archelosauria clade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archelosauria Context triple: [Cryptodira, infraclass, Archelosauria]
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A.
Archosauria
Archosauria is a major group of diapsid reptiles that includes all living birds and crocodilians, as well as their extinct dinosaur and pterosaur relatives.
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B.
Saurischia
Saurischia is one of the two major dinosaur clades, characterized by a lizard-hipped pelvic structure and including both theropods (ancestors of birds) and sauropodomorphs.
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C.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
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D.
Dinosauria
Dinosauria is a diverse clade of reptiles that originated in the Mesozoic Era and includes both extinct non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds.
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E.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archelosauria Target entity description: Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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A.
Archosauria
Archosauria is a major group of diapsid reptiles that includes all living birds and crocodilians, as well as their extinct dinosaur and pterosaur relatives.
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B.
Saurischia
Saurischia is one of the two major dinosaur clades, characterized by a lizard-hipped pelvic structure and including both theropods (ancestors of birds) and sauropodomorphs.
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C.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
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D.
Dinosauria
Dinosauria is a diverse clade of reptiles that originated in the Mesozoic Era and includes both extinct non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds.
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E.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
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reptile clade ⓘ vertebrate clade ⓘ |
| basedOn | shared evolutionary ancestry ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Lepidosauria ⓘ |
| definedAs | clade including the last common ancestor of turtles and archosaurs and all its descendants ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
excludes lepidosaurs such as lizards and snakes
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shared genomic synapomorphies of turtles and archosaurs ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Archelosauria
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Archelosauria clade
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| hasExtantMembers | true ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecord | true ⓘ |
| hasMemberLineage |
avian dinosaurs
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crocodylomorphs ⓘ non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Amniota ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
archosaurs
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birds ⓘ crocodilians ⓘ living crocodilians ⓘ living turtles ⓘ modern birds ⓘ turtles ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Archosauria
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Testudines ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| language | en ⓘ |
| partOf | crown-group Reptilia ⓘ |
| phylogeneticPosition | major lineage within reptiles ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| sisterClade | Lepidosauria ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
genomic data
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molecular phylogenetic evidence ⓘ morphological data ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| temporalRange | at least early Mesozoic to Recent ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | Sauropsida ⓘ |
| usedIn |
reptile systematics
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vertebrate phylogenetics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Archelosauria Description of subject: Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archelosauria clade