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Sarcopterygii (/ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/; from
Ancient Gr**** 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...
- 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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cartilaginous fish and the
Osteichthyes or bony fish.
Among the
latter are the
Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fish,
which include the
Tetrapoda or
limbed vertebrates...
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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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successful today:
Actinopterygii includes most
extant bony fish species, and
Sarcopterygii includes the tetrapods.
Euteleostomes originally all had an endochondral...
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Marise S. S.; Maisey, John G. (2008). "New
occurrence of
Mawsonia (
Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the
Early Cretaceous of the
Sanfranciscana Basin,...
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Examples of
albino laboratory mammals Albinism is the
congenital absence of
melanin in an
animal or
plant resulting in
white hair, feathers,
scales and...
- Fish vary
greatly in size. The
whale shark and
basking shark exceed all
other fish by a
considerable margin in
weight and length. Fish are a paraphyletic...
