Chondrostei

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Proper noun

Chondrostei

A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – sturgeons and related fishm including bichirs.

Hypernyms

(subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass

Hyponyms

(class): Acipenseriformes - sole extant order; see Chondrostei on WikipediaWikipedia for the many extinct orders.

References

Chondrostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chondrostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Chondrostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chondrostei at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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