Definition of Crossopterygian. Meaning of Crossopterygian. Synonyms of Crossopterygian

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Definition of Crossopterygian

Crossopterygian
Crossopterygian Cros*sop`ter*yg"i*an (kr?s-s?p`t?r-?j?-a]/>n), a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. One of the Crossopterygii.

Meaning of Crossopterygian from wikipedia

- Sarcopterygii (/ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/; from Ancient Gr**** σάρξ (sárx) 'flesh' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fin')—sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii...
- ... Polypterus ... is not a crossopterygian, but an actinopterygian, and hence can tell us nothing about crossopterygian anatomy and embryology." Hall...
- known as gombessa, African coelacanth, or simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates...
- completed his PhD with the dissertation On the structure of the snout of Crossopterygians and lower Gnathostomes in general. He parti****ted in the Greenland...
- Géologique (in German). 15: 13–33. Stensiö, E. (1918). "Notes on a crossopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian of Spitzbergen". Bulletin of the Geological...
- from the skull, resulting in improved terrestrial locomotion. The crossopterygian cleithrum was retained as the clavicle, and the interclavicle was well-developed...
- the oldest fossil vertebrates, including ostracoderms, placoderms, crossopterygians, and early tetrapods, have in their skulls sockets that appear to have...
- geological period from the pectoral fins and pelvic fins of their crossopterygian fish ancestors. Fish fins develop along a "fin line", which runs from...
- points for the ribs. This form of complex backbone was found in some crossopterygian fish, the Ichthyostegalia, most Temnospondyli and some Reptiliomorpha...
- PhD thesis entitled 'The braincase of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from Yunnan, south-western China' at Stockholm University. She was...