Definition of Crossopterygii. Meaning of Crossopterygii. Synonyms of Crossopterygii

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Definition of Crossopterygii

Crossopterygii
Crossopterygii Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? tassels, a fringe + ?????, dim. of ???? wing, fin.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

Meaning of Crossopterygii from wikipedia

- πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fin') — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii (from Ancient Gr**** κροσσός (krossós) 'fringe') — is a taxon (traditionally...
- merocrine, syncrisis cross- fringe, t****el Gr**** κροσσός (krossós) crossopterygii cruc- cross Latin crux, crucis cross, crucial, cruciate, crucifer, cruciferous...
- †Acanthodes) class 2. Elasmobranchii class 3. Actinopterygii class 4. Crossopterygii class 5. Amphibia class 6. Reptilia class 7. Aves class 8. Mammalia...
- Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. Physorg.com. 40 (3): 312–322...
- number of characteristics: Diamond-shaped scale patterns common to the Crossopterygii class (in both species scales are rhombic, overlapping and tuberculated);...
- Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. Physorg.com. 40 (3): 312–322...
- merocrine, syncrisis cross- fringe, t****el Gr**** κροσσός (krossós) crossopterygii cruc- cross Latin crux, crucis cross, crucial, cruciate, crucifer, cruciferous...
- evolved to become paired limbs. In 1861, Thomas Huxley created the order Crossopterygii to house animals, fossil and living, that possessed lungs and fleshy...
- including some of the earliest lungfishes (subclass Dipnoi), and in Crossopterygii, including the living coelacanth in a modified form (see elasmoid scales...
- Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. Physorg.com. 40 (3): 312–322...