Sarcopterygii

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”)

Proper noun

Sarcopterygii

A taxonomic class within the superclass Osteichthyes – the lungfish, coelacanths, all Tetrapoda, and their extinct relatives.
A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Chordata.^[1]
(historical) A taxonomic class including only the lungfish, coelacanths, and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

(class): Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass
(superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum^[1]

Hyponyms

(class): Coelacanthimorpha - coelacanths; Rhipidistia - lungfish etc; Dipnoi, †Onychodontida, †Porolepiformes, Tetrapodomorpha - subclasses
(superclass): Coelacanthi (coelacanths etc), Dipnoi (lungfishes etc) - classes^[1]

Coordinate terms

(superclass): Actinopterygii, Chondrichthyes, Tetrapoda^[1]

Translations

taxonomic class including lungfish, coelacanths and Tetrapoda

taxonomic class including lungfish and coelacanths

Finnish: varsieväiset (fi) pl

References

Sarcopterygii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sarcopterygii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sarcopterygii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sarcopterygii on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Sarcopterygii at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Sarcopterygii at Encyclopedia of Life
Sarcopterygii at the Tree of Life Web Project
Sarcopterygii at World Register of Marine Species
Sarcopterygii at Fossilworks

1 2 3 4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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