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How to use crossopterygian in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word crossopterygian? Here are some examples.

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After a light breakfast I studied a draft of a paper that we had just submitted on the new fossil crossopterygian fishes of the Aztec Siltstone.
Large Bothriolepis plates were scattered around through the rocks with abundant crossopterygian bones and scales in the top units.
One consequence was that the crossopterygian fishes were dethroned from their privileged position as ancestors.
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 in structure.
Examples from Classical Literature
These are found in the garpike and in many genera of extinct Ganoid and crossopterygian fishes.
In every modern Dipnoan, crossopterygian, and Ganoid the air-bladder has an effective pneumatic duct.
It is not unlikely that the crossopterygian gave rise to Amphibian and Dipnoan alike.
In the archaic tail, enameled scales, and cartilaginous skeleton the crossopterygian shows its affinity with its Dipnoan ancestry.
The Ganoid differs from the crossopterygian in having the basal elements of the paired fins small and concealed within the flesh.
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