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What is a superorder?

What is a superorder? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below subclass and above order.
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This superorder comprises primates, colugos, bats, and tree shrews.
The Plesiosauria were an important order of Mesozoic marine reptiles, members of the superorder Sauropterygia.
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays.
In traditional taxonomy, birds were considered a separate class that had evolved from dinosaurs, a distinct superorder.
Hay places the Antiarcha with the Arthrodira under the superorder of Placodermi.
Arbacia belongs to the superorder Stirodonta, whereas Echinometra and Strongylocentrotus belong to the superorder Camarodonta.

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