Sarcopterygii (/ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/; from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx) 'flesh' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fin') — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii...
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Cladistic classification of Sarcopterygii is the classication of Sarcopterygii as a clade containing not only the lobe-finned fishes (coelacanths and lungfish)...
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makes up the vast majority of extant fish) and the lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii, which gave rise to all land vertebrates, i.e. tetrapods). The oldest...
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the rest are tetrapods, a terrestrial clade of lobe-finned fishes (Sarcopterygii) who evolved air-breathing using lungs. The name "chordate" comes from...
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Holostei (bowfins and gars) Teleostei (96% of living fish species) Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fish, which include: Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnomorpha...
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Middle Devonian period. After Benton, 2004; and Swartz, 2012. Subclass Sarcopterygii Infraclass Tetrapodomorpha Order †Rhizodontida Family †Sauripteridae...
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tetrapods and lungfishes. Rhipidistia formerly referred to a subgroup of Sarcopterygii consisting of the Porolepiformes and Osteolepiformes, a definition that...
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Osteichthyes (bony fish) Class Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes) Clade Sarcopterygii (lobe finned fishes, ancestors of tetrapods) The above scheme is the...
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List of sarcopterygian genera (redirect from List of Sarcopterygii)
comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class Sarcopterygii, excluding purely vernacular terms and Tetrapods. The list includes...
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Albinism (section In Sarcopterygii)
Examples of albino laboratory mammals Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and...
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