class Reptilia, Reptilia - class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals

anapsid, anapsid reptile - primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders