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taxonomic class , withinsubphylum Vertebrata - thelungfishes
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Examples
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But the condition of the Dipnoi, which possess lungs but do not walk on land, does not support this supposition, for they possess fins which are either filamentous or fin-like, having a central axis with rays on each side.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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It was also towards the end of the Silurian, when a period of great aridity set in, that fishes appeared related to our mud-fishes or double-breathers (Dipnoi), which have lungs as well as gills.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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The group of the lung-fishes (Dipneusta or Dipnoi) is closely connected with the older ganoids.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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1Google “Characteristics of Dipnoi, a monophyletic group”
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_Elasmobranchii_, _Marsipobranchii_, _Pharyngobranchii_ and _Dipnoi_ have no bony skull at all, at least in the sense in which the words have hitherto been used "(p. 571).
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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