- rhipidistian
- rhip·i·dis·ti·an
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rhipidistian
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rhipidistian — adjective or noun see rhipidistia … Useful english dictionary
Tetrapod — Taxobox name = Tetrapods fossil range = Late Devonian to Recent image width = 200px image caption = A Fire Salamander. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata superclassis = Tetrapoda superclassis authority = Broili, 1913… … Wikipedia
Erik Jarvik — Anders Erik Vilhelm Jarvik (30 November 1907 ndash; January 11, 1998) was a Swedish palaeozoologist who worked extensively on the sarcopterygian (or lobe finned) fish Eusthenopteron . In a career that spanned some 60 years, Jarvik produced some… … Wikipedia
Osteolepis — Temporal range: Middle Devonian Osteolepis macrolepidotus fossil at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
crossopterygian — /kro sop teuh rij ee euhn/, n. 1. any fish of the group Crossopterygii, extinct except for the coelacanth, regarded as being ancestral to amphibians and other land vertebrates. adj. 2. pertaining to or resembling a crossopterygian. [1860 65; < NL … Universalium
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
Everett C. Olson — Everett Claire Olson (* 6. November 1910 in Waupaca, Wisconsin; † 27. November 1993) war ein US amerikanischer Wirbeltier Paläontologe. Olson wuchs in Hinsdale auf, einem ländlichen Vorort von Chicago. Er sammelte schon als Schüler Schmetterlinge … Deutsch Wikipedia
rhip|i|dis|ti|an — «RIHP uh DIHS tee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to a group of crossopterygian fishes believed to be the direct ancestors of the first amphibians. –n. a rhipidistian fish. ╂[< New Latin Rhipidistia the order name < Greek… … Useful english dictionary
