Rhipidistia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥιπίδιον (rhipídion, “small bellows”)
Proper noun
Rhipidistia
- A taxonomic clade within the superclass Sarcopterygii – lobe-finned fishes that are the ancestors of all tetrapods and of lungfish.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Sarcopterygii - superclass; Crossopterygii - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (clade): Dipnomorpha, Tetrapodomorpha - clades
References
Rhipidistia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Rhipidistia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Rhipidistia at Paleobiology Database
- Rhipidistia at Palaeos
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