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Definition of Crossopterygian
1. Noun. Any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form.
Generic synonyms: Bony Fish
Group relationships: Crossopterygii, Subclass Crossopterygii
Specialized synonyms: Coelacanth, Latimeria Chalumnae
Definition of Crossopterygian
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.
Definition of Crossopterygian
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) One of the Crossopterygii. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crossopterygian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossopterygian
Literary usage of Crossopterygian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The observations of Budgett show that in captivity Polypterus often remains
motionless for a F1G. 138.—African crossopterygian fish, Polypterus ..."
2. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Scientific Study by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1910)
"K>. Fully-developed shark - 481 •2!H. Fossil angel-shark - - 48-2 •2!)-2. Tooth of
a gigantic shark - 483 293. A Devonian crossopterygian 487 •204. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"THE chief object of the expedition was to procure the life-history of Polypterus
and its bearings upon the problem of the relation of the crossopterygian ..."
4. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"The upper figures represent the theoretic mode of metamorphosis of the fringe-fin
of the crossopterygian fish (left) into the foot of an amphibian (right) ..."
5. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey, New Jersey State Geologist (1905)
"These are divided into two orders, the so-called "fringed-finned" (crossopterygian}
and the "stout-finned" (Ac- ..."
6. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... Dr. Wal- cott finds numerous bony scales with folded surfaces and stellate
ornamentation, and which he refers with some doubt to a crossopterygian fish ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"Already some years ago ' it was pointed out that the skeleton of the pelvic fin
and girdle of Polypterus is much more actinopterygian than crossopterygian ..."
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