Crossopterygii

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Cros`sop`te`ryg´i`i (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?)

n. pl.

(Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

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Noun

Crossopterygii - fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians

subclass Crossopterygii

class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin - any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

family Latimeridae, Latimeridae - extinct except for the coelacanth

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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bony fish Brachioganoidei Ceratodontidae class Osteichthyes coelacanth crossopterygian Dipnoi family Ceratodontidae family Latimeridae Finpike Latimeria chalumnae Latimeridae lobe-finned fish lobefin lungfish Osteichthyes subclass Crossopterygii subclass Dipnoi			Rohon (1893) revised Upper Silurian fishes of Saaremaa, assigning Oniscolepis Pander in the family Pteraspidae, order Crossopterygii, subclass Ganoidei. Late Silurian--early Devonian tessellated heterostracan Oniscolepis ... by Marss, Tiiu; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences			Crossed lens Crossed riveting Crossette crossfire Crossfish Crossflow Crossgrained crosshairs crosshatch crosshatched Crosshatching crosshead crossheading crossing crossing area crossing guard crossing over crossing point crossjack Crosslegged crosslet crossly Crossman Crossness crossopterygian Crossopterygii crossover crossover network crossover value crossover voter crosspatch crosspiece crossroad crossroads Crossroads care attendant scheme Crossrow crossruff crosstalk crosstie crosstown crosstree Crosstrees crosswalk crossway crossways crosswind crosswise crossword crossword puzzle crosswort crostini			crosslot bracing crossly crossly crossly crossly crossly crossly CROSSMA Crossmaglen Crossman Crossman Crossman, Western Australia Crossman, Western Australia crossmarks crossmatch crossmatch/transfusion ratio crossmatched crossmatches Crossmatching crossmatching of blood Crossmedia crossness crossness crossness crossness crossness crossness crossopterygian crossopterygian crossopterygians Crossopterygii Crossoptilon Crossoptilon auritum Crossosoma Crossosomataceae crossover crossover crossover crossover crossover Crossover (disambiguation) Crossover (disambiguation) Crossover (disambiguation) Crossover (disambiguation) Crossover cable crossover credit Crossover Credits Crossover distortion crossover experiment crossover fitting crossover fitting crossover fitting crossover fitting crossover flange Crossover Frequency Crossover Frequency Crossover Fund Crossover Funds Crossover Investor Crossover Investors crossover joint

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