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Definition of superorder in English: superordernounˈsuːpərɔːdəˈsupərˌɔrdər Biology A taxonomic category that ranks above order and below class. 〔生〕总目 Example sentencesExamples - The Plesiosauria (the name means ‘near lizards,’) were an important order of Mesozoic marine reptiles, members of the superorder Sauropterygia.
- 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.
- These included the superorders Octopodiformes and Decapodiformes, the order Octopoda, the octopod suborder Incirrata, and the teuthoid suborder Myopsida.
- Arbacia belongs to the superorder Stirodonta, whereas Echinometra and Strongylocentrotus belong to the superorder Camarodonta.
- For example, the Piciformes are in the superorder Ciconii, whereas the Passeriformes are in the superorder Passeri; likewise, the Anseriformes are in the Ciconii, whereas the Galliformes are in the Passeri.
Definition of superorder in US English: superordernounˈsupərˌɔrdərˈso͞opərˌôrdər Biology A taxonomic category that ranks above order and below class. 〔生〕总目 Example sentencesExamples - For example, the Piciformes are in the superorder Ciconii, whereas the Passeriformes are in the superorder Passeri; likewise, the Anseriformes are in the Ciconii, whereas the Galliformes are in the Passeri.
- 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.
- Arbacia belongs to the superorder Stirodonta, whereas Echinometra and Strongylocentrotus belong to the superorder Camarodonta.
- These included the superorders Octopodiformes and Decapodiformes, the order Octopoda, the octopod suborder Incirrata, and the teuthoid suborder Myopsida.
- The Plesiosauria (the name means ‘near lizards,’) were an important order of Mesozoic marine reptiles, members of the superorder Sauropterygia.
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