thyreophoran vs animal order

thyreophoran and animal order both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thyreophoran	Yes	No	No	No
animal order	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animal order is a hypernym of thyreophoran; that is, animal order is a word with a broader meaning than thyreophoran:

thyreophoran (noun)	animal order (noun)
armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs	the order of animals