Sarcopterygii
Appearance
| Lobe-finned fishes | |
|---|---|
| Coelacanth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Euteleostomi |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 |
| Subgroups | |
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The Sarcopterygii /ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/ or lobe-finned fish (frae Greek σαρξ sarx, flesh, an πτερυξ pteryx, fin) – sometimes considered synonymous wi Crossopterygii ("fringe-finned fish", frae Greek κροσσός krossos, fringe) – constitute a clade (tradeetionally a class or subclass) o the bony fish, tho a strict cladistic view includes the terrestrial vertebrates. The livin sarcopterygians are the coelacanths, lungfish, an the tetrapods.
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Brazeau, Martin D.; Friedman, Matt (23 Apryle 2015). "The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates". Nature. 520 (7548): 490–7. Bibcode:2015Natur.520..490B. doi:10.1038/nature14438. PMC 4648279. PMID 25903631.