Crossopterygian
Features, Evolution, & Facts
crossopterygian, (subclass Crossopterygii), any member of a group of primitive, lobe-finned, bony fishes believed to have given rise to the amphibians and all other land vertebrates. They appeared at the beginning of the Devonian Period (about 416 million years ago) but are now represented by only two species of coelacanths (Latimeria).
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