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!Fishes 2

Description

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes: Class Sarcopterygii

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Subject

Biology

Level

Undergraduate 4

Created

11/11/2009

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Term

sarcopterygii

Definition

lobe-finned fishes

Term

evolutionary history

Definition

originated in devonian; highest diversity of aquatic forms found in late Paleozoic and Mesozoic

Term

fins

Definition

lobed, bony leg-like supporters; 3-tetrapod like skeleton of limbs

Term

cosmine

Definition

in bones and scales; enamel, chemical make-up of scale, primitive