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Thoracopteridae, the Glossary

Index Thoracopteridae

Thoracopteridae is an extinct family of prehistoric bony fish classified with the order Peltopleuriformes, containing four genera: Thoracopterus, Gigantopterus, Potanichthys and Italopterus.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Actinopterygii, Animal, Chordate, Convergent evolution, Flying fish, Gigantopterus, Heinrich Georg Bronn, Neopterygii, Peltopleuriformes, Potanichthys, Thoracopterus, Wiley (publisher).

  2. Gliding animals
  3. Peltopleuriformes
  4. Prehistoric ray-finned fish families

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

See Thoracopteridae and Actinopterygii

Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

See Thoracopteridae and Animal

Chordate

A chordate is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata. All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa.

See Thoracopteridae and Chordate

Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

See Thoracopteridae and Convergent evolution

Flying fish

The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. Thoracopteridae and flying fish are gliding animals.

See Thoracopteridae and Flying fish

Gigantopterus

Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. Thoracopteridae and Gigantopterus are Peltopleuriformes and prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs.

See Thoracopteridae and Gigantopterus

Heinrich Georg Bronn

Heinrich Georg Bronn (3 March 1800 – 5 July 1862) was a German geologist and paleontologist.

See Thoracopteridae and Heinrich Georg Bronn

Neopterygii

Neopterygii (from Greek νέος neos 'new' and πτέρυξ pteryx 'fin') is a subclass of ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii).

See Thoracopteridae and Neopterygii

Peltopleuriformes

Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish. Thoracopteridae and Peltopleuriformes are prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs.

See Thoracopteridae and Peltopleuriformes

Potanichthys

Potanichthys is a fossil genus of thoracopterid fish found in deposits from China dating to the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch. Thoracopteridae and Potanichthys are Peltopleuriformes and prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs.

See Thoracopteridae and Potanichthys

Thoracopterus

Thoracopterus is an extinct genus of overwater gliding ray-finned fish from the Carnian age of the Late Triassic. Thoracopteridae and Thoracopterus are Peltopleuriformes and prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs.

See Thoracopteridae and Thoracopterus

Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

See Thoracopteridae and Wiley (publisher)

See also

Gliding animals

Peltopleuriformes

Prehistoric ray-finned fish families

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracopteridae