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Meaning of Archipterygium from wikipedia

- Archipterygium (or ancient fin) is the concept of a primitive limb from which the limbs of tetrapod animals evolved. The idea was proposed by Carl Gegenbaur...
- elucidate the origins of paired fins. Carl Gegenbaur's concept of the “Archipterygium” was introduced in 1876. It was described as a gill ray, or “joined...
- against Carl Rabl in 1901. This long drawn conflict relating to the archipterygium or how the fin and the limb were related based on conflicting evidence...
- the demonstration that the crossopterygian fin is really a uniserial archipterygium as well as observations of the life-history and breeding habits of many...